Hi Marc,
Ironically I am doodling with edge hardness and that in other
packages at the moment also.
One discovery that I have made - if you use one apps INTERNAL edge
sharpness tool, it will not translate to another satisfactorily.
Assuming at any point you may wish to do this.
The best way to "Sharpen edges" on any SDS mesh that is universal is
to use edge loops.
To this end I have done a Video Tutorial on how to do this in
Realsoft 3D, any version.
http://www.tidalsound.com/realsoft/edgeloops/
This is in FLASH format, so should load up in most browsers. The core
flash file is about 9mb - but will stream as it goes. Sorry if the
speed is an issue, I have a basic hosting package. The SWF file itself is at -
http://www.tidalsound.com/realsoft/edgeloops/edgeloops.swf ( this if
you want to download it with a download manager )
Your request fell in nicely with something I was proposing at the
Realsoft IRC recently, so by doing this vid tute has filled two purposes.
Hope you find this useful
Cheers
Aidan O Driscoll,
Netactive Solutions Ltd,
58 Clevedon,
Lower Kilmoney RD,
Carrigaline, Co. Cork, IRELAND
00353-(0)87-9609276
www.netactivesolutions.net
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At 00:32 06/02/2008, you wrote:
Hello user-list,
I try to understand the behaviour of newly created edges of a SDS
object.
I have created a simple SDS cube with the dimension 2x2x2. I opened
the object properties window and selected the Spec tab. When I select
some edges I can see in this window the Edge Sharpness. It's coloured
in black. When I change the Edge Sharpness of 1 edge to sharp and
select this edge and another edge at the same time, the colour of this
information in the Property Window changes to red. Ok, I would say,
that the meaning of this is, that the information in this window is
now not concrete. I have selected some edges with different Edge
Sharpness, but the window is only capable of displaying the Edge
Sharpness of one edge. Good.
But now I select a Face, which consists of 3 round edges and 1 sharp
edge and extrude it via the view window. If I only select the old
sharp edge or the new sharp edge, both are displayed in red colour as
"Sharp"! Why? What's the meaning of this?
If I extrude this new face again, another strange thing happen: The
edge, which was in the last step my new sharp edge is now Rounded in
black colour!
I have looked at the manual, but doesn't find any answer. Is it
possible that you could enlighten me, please? :-)
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Best wishes,
Marc Michael
