Drawing a superellipse

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 From:  mickelsen
3731.1 
Under the heading of "Draw Curve" there is a choice to draw an ellipse, with about three options of how to specify it. Is there any way to get it to draw a superellipse, or Lame' curve? It's an extremely aesthetically pleasing shape that I would like to use if I could.
Thanks,
Mark
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 From:  steve (STEVE_HOME)
3731.2 In reply to 3731.1 
Hi Mark,

There was a quick discussion on that subject:- http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3504.1


- Steve
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 From:  Michael Gibson
3731.3 In reply to 3731.1 
Hi Mark, so as mentioned in that discussion Steve linked to, you can get something very close to a super ellipse by making a shape out of hyperbola segments.

To do that, first draw a square like this:



Then use the Conic command under Draw curve > More > Conic, and snap the first 2 points on to the midpoints and the apex point on to the corner and pick a point inside to make a hyperbola segment like this:



Now that can be mirrored to produce the full shape:




- Michael

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 From:  Kevin De Smet (KEV_BOY)
3731.4 
Hihi - what an unfortunate name, bring on the lame curves! :)
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 From:  lyes (BLYESS)
3731.5 In reply to 3731.1 
hi here how to make closed curve ( superellipse) from circle

1 delete cpts
2 rotate as you like
3 oriante the shape

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