logix1390 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Hello Seems like i am stuck on something simple but not that simple. I have a tube with no subdivision. I am trying to get the normal to point along the edges of the tube . I managed to get it using some simple vector subtraction. The problem is when I try and scale the bottom of the tube, the normals do not respect the direction anymore and they point outwards. How can I fix this so that it respects the direction and angle of the geometry.... I will attach my file and some photos to show you what i mean. Also if you open up my file you will see on the side that I was also trying to rebuild each circle from scratch so that I can subtract them to get a Normal but I don't know how to bridge them together to create geometry... Thank you. normal_along_geo.hipnc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dome Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) I took the route of using 2 circles, might be a way too complicated solution but haven't had my morning coffee yet dm_normal_along_geo.hipnc Edited December 5, 2018 by 3dome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicvvsh Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Two circles example normal_along_geo_01.hipnc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logix1390 Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 both these methods work great. thanks guys,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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