#3D-Morph,diff # of vertc
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All,
— 1st some history…
I am trying to do a '3D-morph' of two 3D objects (a competitors logo into our
logo). In doing the tutorial and reading the manual on 'morphing' I saw a note
that stated that in order to 'morph' one object into another both must have the
same number of vertices. Both objects are available to me in 3D-ACAD drawings
and I use Visual Link to port them over to 3DS (by the way, the port works very
well).
— The question…
Is there some way in 3DS to make the two different objects have the same number
of vertices (interpolating where necessary)? If not, any other ideas to get
the '3D-morph' effect on two objects with different number of vertices.
Thanks,
Al Dass
P.S. If you hadn't already guessed, I'm kinda new to 3DS… kinda.
There's a couple of ways, Al, just off the top of my head. First, you could
morph both objects to a somewhat similar shape, and do a cross-fade between the
two in Video Post (or even morph them in a 2D morph program). Second,
Spherify.PXP, which comes on the Yost Groups' IPAS disk #2 Special Effects,
will let you morph any object to a sphere, and you can cross-fade or cut
between the two. You could always take the object with fewer vertices,
tesselate to get close, and then add some arbitrarily to make them equal,
although the outcome of this can REALLY be hard to predict!
-Alan Iglesias
Alan,
Your a god-send.
I have already tried the tesselate way… and your right, it is really hard to
predict. As for the the other ways I'll give them a try tonight (don't really
know what a cross-fade is, but, it sounds kool enough to read the manual and
find out)
Thank you,
Al Dass
Your welcome, Al. Hey, the manual is totally kool! Do the Video Post tutorial
for more info on cross-fades and such…
-Alan
Al,
I just talked to Mike Davis of ADCO (602) 596-9050. He said that there
is a package that will be able to fix these objects for # of vertices, and will
be able to make them morph together smoothly (much unlike what tesellation
would do). He is not sure exactly when this product will be released, but he
said 'soon'. Give him a call for more info…