#Vertex number order?
09-Oct-95 12:30:02
Sb: #194465-#Vertex number order?
Fm: Michele Bousquet 100237,162
To: GARRY HARGREAVES 100017,242
Mistakes in my book! Impossible!
Yes, an old edition (a very old edition!) had a mistake in the formula. I
actually ended up taking that exercise out completely because it's really not
the best way to morph.
I meant, look at the exercise where create 2D shapes of numbers with the same
number and orientation of vertices. Loft them with Optimization off, with
always the same path, same steps etc. This creates decent morphable numbers. I
found it actually worked best when I created an intermediate shape for each
morph, eg. an intermediate 2D shape between the 1 and the 2, the 2 and the 3,
etc. This avoided all the funny business that happens when you morph to a
dissimilar shape.
You can probably get Susan to send you the newest ones, but I don't think that
exercise has changed much from one edition to the next.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it 🙂
Michele
PS. I'll be down in a month or so to walk you through the exercise if you still
can't get it. (Oh boy I am really being obnoxious today)
PPS. How is the cute little on these days?