thanks, michael

I'll have a look at ZSurf, looks like something that could be very useful.

I have a copy of sculptris and hexagon and blender. but I either can't drive these programs or have no idea on how to get their output back into MoI, I just like using MoI . so I try to do everything in it :) I wonder if someone/company could create a mesh handling 3D app with MoI's interface :)

Hi Michael

had a 10sec play with ZSurf, is there any technical reason why I can't use Flow with the imported iges surfaces ZSurf creates? (only have the free 2.0 MoI with me at work :)

ZSurf looks like the right tool for a few other models I was having trouble with, like adding animals to the faces of some shields :)

"""""""I have a need to apply some organic type engraving onto sphere , I can use flow to place the curves onto a sphere, but I can't solidify the curves so I can't Boolean diff from the sphere. To create the engraving"""""""

Did you know flow works with surfaces and solids too? You could make your curves extrude "FIRST" then use a plane and the sphere to flow solids onto the sphere, then boolean diff those.

Hi Steve,

> had a 10sec play with ZSurf, is there any technical reason why
> I can't use Flow with the imported iges surfaces ZSurf creates?
> (only have the free 2.0 MoI with me at work :)

You should be able to but ZSurf creates some surfaces that have pretty high control point counts in a single surface, it could be possible that you might run into some refinement limits in MoI if they get to a really really high level of density.

So if you are doing something really complex using ZSurf's built in wrap around cylinder or sphere could be helpful.

- Michael

Here is a file where I extruded some 2d dxf continents into solids, the used flow to apply them to a sphere.. You can boolean dif these from the sphere if you want. You can see how it was setup.

Link on skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=641344b395278ed0&resid=641344B395278ED0!190&parid=641344B395278ED0!189&authkey=!ANbUKd_vWyml4tc

nice!

Very cool Burrman! I had tried this with curves without success, but now I will try it by extruding to solids.

Where is Antarctica? Just kidding :-)

This will come in hady when I am reviewing world geography with my kids. Better than a globe!

Michael T.

"""""""""Where is Antarctica?""""""""

Surf was up that day in geography.. Sorry. :o

Hi BurrMan

working with solids like that works well, my client had wanted just the outlines, but I think solids look better, I'll see what he say.

( just trying to drum up some quick work so I can afford to by MoI :) I know MoI is well priced, but still out of my reach :) )

Hi Stevecim,
In your original post you were speaking of needing to boolean the continents away from the globe.. If all you want is lines, then you could probably do an "isect" command and generate outlines of the continents.

Look under construct-curve-isect and give that a whirl. Then you could also trim the globe surface with those curves and have continent surfaces too... Maybe run "ExplodeMove" on the seperated lot, to make a cool 3d image of the thing.

thanks Burrman, I'll give it a try :)

Earth.. ExplodeMove!!!!!

I love ZSurf. Used it quite a lot. Here are two examples:

http://grabcad.com/library/peugeot-badge-and-loge
http://grabcad.com/library/relief-with-frame

Nice work Sebastian, Like most MoI users here, your work is at a level I can only bream of reaching :)

here is what I done so far with Moi + ZSurf.

Made an Antarctica from NASA map.
Outline is mostly ice...
Probably too many control points.
Planar and extrude work, but are very slow.
Not to scale...

a 3d pdf for the kids to learn from???

"Hey, where's antarctica???"



Very good johnny... :)

My two cents, from a cartographic point of view:
To create a correct globe in Moi, use a world-map that is "Unprojected" or is in the "Geographic projection". This is a world map with a 2:1 width/height ratio that will produce a correct globe.

thanks Dexter