5 point patches, side by side

[bill0287]

How come sometimes when I want to create a five point patch, the interface won't allow it? Can you not have two five point patches touching each other? (sharing a commone spline segment).

 

I got it to work...does the order that you select the points make a difference?

[MMZ_TimeLord]

I have seen this before as well, but I'm not sure what the circumstances have to be to prevent you from making two 5 point patches that touch each other.

 

Anyone have a clue why this happens?

[teh1ghool]

This has happened to me. It turned out there was some sort of invalid spline on one and after deleting and re-creating them it worked fine.

[C-grid]

How come sometimes when I want to create a five point patch, the interface won't allow it? Can you not have two five point patches touching each other? (sharing a commone spline segment).

 

I got it to work...does the order that you select the points make a difference?

 

 

Hello bill0287,

 

Click your 5 points, if the "make-five-point-patch"it is not highlighted already, hit the '.' (dot) key twice, if it is still not there, hit 'h' to hide the other points, then hit 'CTRL+a', if it is still not there, go to a different view angle and re-select points.

 

Niels.

 

 

ps. I click on the spline-direction near the CP I want to select, this 'should' give more luck attempting a good selection the first time.

 

ps2. I still wait for a reaction from a hash-programmer to demystify the five-point-selection... Ergo how does the routine 'look' or 'wait', before accepting....

 

ps3. Two five-point-patches next to each other, won't work, and should not be used if so.

[robcat2075]

Two five point patches next to each other is supported.

 

Five point patches appear flatter when seen on edge than regular patches, so that would be a reason to avoid them, but they do work.

5point.zip