Oh nooo... :)

Topmod is totally useless for my goal. I just took some experiments by Moi. My goal is to model an contemporary freeform frame structure as British Museum Roof Structure or anything else. Yes i know Rhino is more sophisticated for this but I already fed up with a lot of application to study moreover that idiot Rhino unfriendly UI. but I attempt looking for another modeling method to this.

So the only one problem was the gaps between the big panels:

My example was a litle bit difficult I dont want to do such kind of crazy building
as well as the last one when I didnt get edge for the surface but I dont want make you nervous :DDD

Hi andras, I think really your best bet is Rhino - the Rhino people have a developer who I believe is completely focused on working on special tools to do that, see here:

http://wiki.mcneel.com/labs/panelingtools

Sure the Rhino UI will take some getting used to, but it shouldn't be too difficult for you to learn how it works. Plus it works together well with MoI - you can move objects back and forth between Rhino and MoI very quickly with copy and paste.


You may also want to check out ParaCloud: http://www.paracloud.com/

or also: http://www.rhiknowbot.com/


But you should definitely look into using some more specialized tool for producing what you are showing there.

MoI is just not the best tool to use for what you are describing, you need something that has been much more specialized for that particular purpose.

It's like you're saying "I really like this hammer, it is my favorite tool - how can I use my hammer to now put in some screws?" ...

- Michael

>Yes i know Rhino is more sophisticated for this but I already fed up with a lot of application to study moreover............................ >>>>

Ouch!!! :o

Thick skin Michael.....Thick Skin.

Well. nice tools :D nice price :D

but I love Rhiknowbot ...

You have also some tuts for make that with the free google Sketchup ;)
(maybe you must registered for see images)
Tutorial for curvy roof like the British museum
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=24305

I had a quick play with the roof of the British Museum in MOI.

Guys ! :) it very cute... but British Museum was only an example. The tutorial is very nice I love it however it's good until visualization of idea but unfortunately not for production. And that shape is very symmetrical and regular. So I don't know. There are a lot of such convenient software for this purpose just I havn't go a lot of money :D. So I think the best(cheapest) way to start learning scripts in moi and sketchup But so difficult! Anyway I have seen some cool sketchup plugin nowadays for this kind of purpose.

For price TopMod must be perfect for this sort of things and no need to script ! ;)