Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Which 3D modeler? Morphs? Clothes? Help?

fiontar opened this issue on Jun 01, 2001 ยท 5 posts


fiontar posted Fri, 01 June 2001 at 8:15 PM

Thanks. :-) I'll be trying both demo versions, so I guess I will see for myself. I am hoping that Truespace will be able to provide the same ease for morphing and general modeling as Rhino, because the total package that is Truespace 5.1 has more "bang for the buck" than Rhino, with the recent Truespace price drop to $299. I actually get good renders out of Bryce 4. I know that it has no where near the features as Truespace and other "real" 3D packages, but I can live with Bryce Renders if Rhino proves to be the best modeler for my needs. That being said, I really hope the new Truespace will turn out to be what I'm looking for. BTW, the Flow Along Curve Transform in Rhino allows you to look at a feature in one view, say from the side, and create a curve that follows the profile of the feature you want to morph. Then, you duplicate the curve, move the points on the second curve to create the profile you want. You then select points in the main mesh in the area of the feature you are morphing, say the nose. Then, you perform Flow Along Curve Transform, using the "before and after" curves you produced, and the 3 dimensional feature you've selected transforms to match the new profile. The way it does it doesn't create a sharp wedge when viewed from angles other than the profile, it maintains a natural curving flow through out the feature, in the section of the mesh you selected to transform. Basically, you can match a profile, like the slope of the nose or the curve of a breast when viewed from the side, in one step, sometimes with a little smoothing required, but with out having to manually re-adjust points in the mesh in all three dimensions. Does that make sense? Anyway, I guess I will find out. I'll post what I find, which will be a valid expression of the experiences of someone new to each program, but I know as I go that there probably will be things that each package CAN do that I won't realize because I just won't have the knowledge or the experience. Hopefully, if I post that something CAN'T be done in either program, someone more experiened will be able to share how it CAN. :-)