exarhos2003 Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 hey everyone, always appreciate the help i get from here. very simple question, havnt been on houdini in while,got stuck in maya. I need to create a mountain range. I have the actual mountain contours in 5 foot intervals in a CAD(dxf) file. I am looking to import these into houdini,convert to points,group and create a new curve from the points for each contour. How do i skin two curves to create a surface. much appreciated, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenong Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Hi Chris, Welcome back to Houdini-land. Assuming you're so lucky to have the same number of points for every coutour, put down an Add SOP, go to the Polygon tab & select "By Group". Instead of "All points" for the Add parameter, change that to "Groups of N points" & type in the magic number in the N parameter. Once done, put down a Skin SOP & voila! If you're able to group each contour, change the above method to "Each Group Separately" in the Add SOP instead. I hope the above helps but if you need a different solution, please let us know. Cheers! steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 For skinning curves with irregular numbers of points try polyloft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exarhos2003 Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 good to be back, ok, i am missing something here, something simple. i started a new file, created a curve, used add sop, then used two transform sop creatd two sets of points. now having two sets of exact curve points, i used skin sop. i get a mess of curves. what settimg am i missing or basic modeling knowlegde am i forgetting? thanks, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenong Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Hey Chris, The point numbers are not in sequence. Append a Sort SOP to the first curve, "Sort by vertex" & see if that helps. Else, try the other options. Cheers! steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exarhos2003 Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 thanks that helped clean up my curves, also totally missused skin sop, its working like a charm now. will post mountain range in time or post in-progress shots. thanks again, will visit houdini-land more often, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 You might want to check this out too.. Surfaces from points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exarhos2003 Posted November 27, 2004 Author Share Posted November 27, 2004 mmm, havnt tried pointclouds or researched the topic to much. may try that next. if anyone knows any misc info, awsome. thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshsmooth Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 http://www.sidefx.com/community/interact/m...=20&revdate=off When I had this issue I used this method and it worked to turn this http://odforce.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2044&hl= Into a contoured surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 http://www.sidefx.com/community/interact/m...=20&revdate=offWhen I had this issue I used this method and it worked to turn this http://odforce.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2044&hl= Into a contoured surface. 15173[/snapback] That was the one I was trying to direct to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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