Re: Flat polygons\points ?

[Dan Yargici <dan(at)imajonline.com>]

Hi Christopher, look up shrinkwrap in the manuals.  This will give you 
what you're after.

DAN

Christopher wrote:

> Hello Bernard, no no say you have a clay ball now on that clay ball
> you want a area on it to be flat so if you lay the clay ball down you
> can cause it has a small area that is flat...that is what I mean
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> Christopher
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> Sunday, January 1, 2006, 10:22:28 PM, you wrote:
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> > *All* polygons on primitives are flat, individually.
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> > But adjacent polygons do not form a flat surface. Hence the distinction.
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> > Cheers
> > Beranrd
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> > On 1/1/06, Gene Crucean <genecrucean(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > If you're gonna get technical then "Polygons" is plural indicating that more
> > > than one poly is selected and on a sphere they (plural) are not flat ;)
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> > > Imo, the only confusing part Christopher, is if you mean flaten to an axis?
> > > or flatten to the averaged normal? Either way, the only way is to do what
> > > Mario suggested. Sorry.
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> > > On 1/1/06, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I think what we want to know is if you mean *several adjacent*
> > > > polygons. Polygons of created primitives are already flat.
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> > > > Bernard
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> > > > On 1/1/06, Christopher < walksfar(at)netscape.ca> wrote:
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> > > > > Hello kim, what I mean is flat take a sphere and you want some
> > > > > polygons on the sphere to be perfectly flat.
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> > > > > Sunday, January 1, 2006, 5:27:32 AM, you wrote:
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> > > > > > Define flat. Planar as opposed to twiste? Oriented in a particular
> > > > > > direction? Scaled to an axis? Aligned to an axis????
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> > > > > > Christopher, if you're going to ask questions here, you *have* to
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> > > frame your
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> > > > > > questions better, take more time to explain what you really mean.
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> > > You're
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> > > > > > creating bandwidth and not really getting answers in return for the
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> > > effort.
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> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > > > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Christopher
> > > > > > > Sent: 01-January-2006 02:45
> > > > > > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > > > > Subject: Flat polygons\points ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyone know if there is a way that I can have selected
> > > > > > > polygons and make them flat.  Instead of tweaking which won't
> > > > > > > get it perfectly flat on any X\Y\Z axis?
> > > > > > > Example: You have a sphere and some of those polygons you
> > > > > > > want flat on that sphere.  Hard edges just makes well the edges hard.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Christopher
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> > > > > Christopher
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