OdinsEye2k Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Here's my picture of how to deal with a 5-pointer. Note that the spline running through the corner terminates in a CP not attached to any others, the "dangling CP" that has left common memory: Refer to http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6213 for the rest of the discussion if you've ignored the 'ignore me' topic. Quote
OdinsEye2k Posted June 8, 2004 Author Posted June 8, 2004 Guess I pooched that one. Let's try again. Quote
zacktaich Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 The problem here is that you have multiple splines going through that middle CP. It's sure to crease. Good Luck! The main thing is not to run into situations where you need one. Doing that isn't all that easy either it seems... Quote
OdinsEye2k Posted June 8, 2004 Author Posted June 8, 2004 Trust me, I wouldn't do it unless absolutely necessary. The only reason I conjectured on such a thing was a query from another user where 5-pointers were absolutely outlawed. However, the reason for the dangling CP is to try and get the curvature of the "bad" 3rd spline to match up with the other two "good" splines running through the patch. Note the second picture is actually how Hash internally does it's thing - but I think there is a little bit of extra black magic thrown in to keep things smooth nowadays. I remember back in 8.5 - you could always tell a 5-point patch by the telltale triangle that the creasing spline would cause. Quote
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