Hi,

I used SubD modeling to create a mesh that has zero thickness with the intention of converting it to a NURBs surface and then thickening it to a solid.

The mesh to surface conversion went well but the thickening of the resulting surface failed.

The attached image shows the mesh I worked with at SubD level 1. Before converting it to a surface I went to level 4.


Since I need to create organic shaped flat ribbon shapes, I am assuming that starting with a zero thickness SubD mesh then converting it to a surface then thickening it would be the best way.

Am I right?

Or is there a way to "thicken" a zero thickness SubD mesh and then convert it directly to a solid?

I am using Shark FX v9 with Power Pack Pro.

Thanks.

Edited by user Thursday, November 12, 2015 4:24:03 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Tim,

The file is attached.

A few minutes ago I discovered that I could thicken the surface created from a nurbed level 2 mesh.

Until then, I'd been trying to do it with a level 4 mesh (as in the attached file).

It is very interesting, but how do you crease the open vertices. Tim?

I've opened your attached sfx file but I still don't know how to do it.


BTW - why did thickening work on the surface created from the level 2 mesh but not from level 4 mesh?

Is the surface quality from a level 2 mesh going to be as good as that from a level 4 mesh?