Easy way to increase cp's?

[jasonpeinko]

I need a circle that has alot of patches on it, is there a way to take the 32 patch sphere and doulbe or triple its patches?

[skrilla]

Only 2 things I can think of would be to change your Lathing to a larger # (under modeling in options)

or use "y" while selecting each spline to create a new CP in the middle of it.

[jasonpeinko]

using y would take a very long time, im using using the primitives (no lathing)

[mtpeak2]

Use the 128 patch sphere.

[jasonpeinko]

where is it? it does not show up.

under primatives there is just 32 and 8.

[mtpeak2]

What version of AM are you using?

[mtpeak2]

It doesn't show in the library, go to file open and locate it on the disc.

[jasonpeinko]

11

I have the 12 disc somewhere hidden but i cant find it.

[frosteternal]

Lathe it. No reason not to. Easy as pie. Here's how:

 

Set lathe to 16. The easy way to do this is hold down SHIFT and click the Lathe tool, this will pop up your modelling options.

Draw 1 two point spline on either side of the y-axis. Lathe it.

Delete one ring of points, now you have a 16 point spline perfect circle.

Rotate it 90 degrees around the x-axis. delete one half.

select and break ("k" on the keyboard) the remaining "left-over" edge.

Nudge the 2 top points just over the y-axis. All points should be on one side of the y-axis. Lathe this.

Done.

I timed myself, took 23 seconds.

 

I make all my circles, spheres, what-have-you this way; I am a bit wary of the primitive wizard as it has produced "funny" geometry in the past (doesn't all highlight when you choose "group connected", etc.)

[mtpeak2]

Try locating it on the disc using file>open.

[jasonpeinko]

ok, got it thanks.

[totlover]

definitley reccomend frosteternals way

 

 

it is the way i use and it takes about "like he said" less than 30 seconds once you know how to do it....

 

you still have to change the lathing options though

[MMZ_TimeLord]

Want an even quicker way?

 

In a blank modeling window, right-click and select 'Plug-Ins -> Wizard -> primitive' from the dialog box that opens... select a 'sphere' from the drop down and then select the RadiusXZ, SegmentsXZ and the click on the 'Mangitude %' button, then click 'create'. Make sure the 'CP Smooth' option is checked.

 

This should make you a sphere of any division size you want.

 

I'm attaching the plug-in here as I'm not sure that A:M came with it.

It's dated from back in September, 2005, but still works, even with V14.0 Alpha 5.

 

Unzip it and place it in your "C:\Program Files\Hash Inc\V13.0\hxt" folder C: being whatever drive you installed A:M in.

 

Hope that proves useful.

primitive.zip

[frosteternal]

For future reference, and a more general solution, if you ever want to just increase cps/patches somewhere on a model, I cannot recommend highly enough the "SplitPatch" plug-in by the inimitable Steffan Gross. (sgross.com) This is an easy way to double the patches in a particular area, for added detail, then just hook/5-point the results to the rest of the (lower-resolution) surface. This is, not surprisingly, extremely handy. Just my extra tip.

[MMZ_TimeLord]

Yes, for small areas or complex models, 'SplitPatch' works great!

 

I have about 5 or 6 plug-ins that I use that are quite handy. But Primitive and SplitPatch are the two I use the most.