Atom 1,008 Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Hi All, I have a font object and I want to extrude it using the shape of a curve to create a custom extrusion look. I have dropped down a curve and connected it to the second input of the PolyExtrude node but no matter how I move the points of the curve around, no useful extrusion is ever produced using this technique. Is there a way to emulate Blenders method for profile beveling in Houdini? ap_extrude_font_profile_issue.hipnc.hiplc Edited July 14, 2016 by Atom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ril 56 Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) depending on what extrusion you're after, this method might not be what you need, or what you think it is. Don't think of it as a "profile" of extrusion, it is a spine of extrusion, which is very different. with the curve you can see in the picture, a profil would give you beveled font (like the 123 on the right), but the same curve used as a spine gives you the 123 on the left. that's just to (try to) clarify the polyextrude node, now about how to recreate the profil beveling of blender or max, I would need to search too, so I'll let more advanced users help you. Edited July 11, 2016 by 6ril Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davpe 149 Posted July 11, 2016 have you seen this? http://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/polybevel/ from 3:00 further it is pretty much showing exactly what are you asking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom 1,008 Posted July 12, 2016 I did watch that video and now revisited it. PolyBevel is close but I can't seem to align it correctly. When I apply it to the font it only bevels the stroke of the font. I am trying to bevel the extrude edge based upon the profile curve. ap_extrude_font_profile_issue_1b.hiplc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ril 56 Posted July 12, 2016 I seen the problem, and it makes me think that may be, you should build the side first, then cap. Like a sweep of your profile along the font (un-extruded font), to get the sides. Then cap the front and back. But, to be honest, after a quick test, the sweep is making me loose my nerves. It works, but there's some clean up to do on the font first. I'm now curious to see if there's a clean way to do this in H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ril 56 Posted July 13, 2016 atom? found a solution? tried the sweep+cap ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbyte 17 Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) Hi Atom, I would try extrude instead of polyextrude (see attached pic). Edited July 14, 2016 by nbyte 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom 1,008 Posted July 14, 2016 Thanks Nico, that looks right! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ril 56 Posted July 14, 2016 15 hours ago, nbyte said: I would try extrude instead of polyextrude that simple cheers nico. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites