Atom 845 Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Hi All, I have an Illustrator design that I have copied along a line to make 3 copies. I have extruded it and deformed it along a circle to get the final layout in the general area of the surface I want to project on to. The target geometry is a vase with a surface pattern. I want the design to follow the contours of the vase. I have tried the RaySOP but it loses my extrusion when I apply transform points. Here is the look without Transform Points: Here is the look with Transform Points: Is there any way to project an extruded object on to another object and not have it go flat? I still want to maintain the extrusion height even though the design is conforming to a surface? ap_design_over_surface_1a.hipnc Edited January 18, 2016 by Atom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yader 15 Posted January 18, 2016 Why not conform the flat design to the surface first, and then extrude it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom 845 Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Thanks Yader I guess I could try it that way. It does work but I had to add a SubDivision SOP for the target surface and use OpenSubDiv Loop Algorithm to create enough point distribution to cover the smaller thin parts of the design I am conforming. The next step is to make this water tight for 3D printing. What nodes do I add to prepare for .STL output? Is that step just convert to VDB and back? ap_design_over_surface_1b.hipnc Edited January 18, 2016 by Atom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 1 Posted January 18, 2016 you can use a lattice with the ray sop. Mr. Quint mentions it here https://vimeo.com/60937947 and it pops up here http://forums.odforce.net/topic/21054-ray-sop-and-deforming-geometry/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tar Posted January 18, 2016 Probably the same as the links above - but more fun to make it! Whole object deform. Bent.hiplc.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acey195 148 Posted January 19, 2016 or you could project a nurbs quad on your vase and use a creep SOP to place the design on top of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites