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Combining & Subtracting Splines
Hi all,
Is there a way to combine multiple splines or take 1 spline and subtract that from another spline ?
For example. Say I am trying to make a Film Reel. So I make a large circle spline. Then I make 3 small circle splines. Can I take the small circle splines and make them cut a hole out of the large circle then use an extrude nurb to give it depth ? If so how do you do that ?
Or is this not the way to go about it. I tried making the extrude nurbs editable but the faces of the circle don’t have any editable points.
Thanks for your help.
Chris
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6 Replies
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take your splines put them where they need to be, make them editable, select them all, select Functions/Connect. This will produce another spline which contains all the bits you connected, toss that into the ExtrudeNurb
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If you have Mograph you can also use the Spline Mask object to do boolean-type operations with splines. Why it wasn’t called “Spline Boolean” is beyond me.
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Thanks guys. I will try it at work Monday Brian. I was trying to use the Functions/connect but I didn’t make the splines editable.
Thanks as well Adam. I wish I had Mograph. I have the base package. Just Cinema 4d with no modules. Since I have to learn the basics of the program I couldn’t get the other modules right away. If we get a project that I can use a module I could probably get it put into the budget of the spot. I am still actually using 9.6 too.
Thanks again. I for some reason I can’t get it to work on Monday I will be back.
Chris Holland
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YO i just figured it out, idk if i’m mad late but, after u Function>Connect the spline, u can take the 2 points that you want connected and go to Structure>weld.. I’m kinda happy i just found that out. LAterr
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Yes, there is a way to combine or subtract splines. Just create the necessary splines and put them in a “Spline Mask” as children. You can tweak the setting from there.
I know I am responding after 4 years but someone else might want to know. I hope this helps :]
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Why it wasn’t called “Spline Boolean” is beyond me.
I guess it is because a boolean is for 3d (volumetric) objects and a mask is typical for 2d objects??
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