NurbsSkinnedSurface

Description

Creates a NURBS surface stretched along all selected curves

Plugin Status:	Experimental
Categories:	All Plugins, Experimental Plugins, NURBS Plugins

Name	Value

Label	Description	Type	Script Name
Input Mesh	Input mesh	k3d::mesh*	input_mesh
Output Mesh	Output mesh	k3d::mesh*	output_mesh
Mesh Selection	Input Mesh Selection	k3d::selection::set	mesh_selection
Delete the Curves	Delete the original curves	k3d::bool_t	delete_original
Order	Order in the direction normal to the curves (V)	k3d::int32_t	order

Surface Skinning (aka Lofting) is a nice way to construct smooth surfaces by specifying some control curves.

The curves are used in the same order as they are aligned to the selected axis!

Hints:

if you want to have a smooth beveled out end, you can do this either manually by defining appropriate curves or by waiting until I implemented a bevel plugin :-P
sometimes you need to move the camera inside the mesh to find control points (see the examples below), I don't think there's a nice solution for that or do I have overlooked wireframe mode?

Example	Before	After applying a SkinnedSurface Modifier
A simple example
Creating tube with a pointed end
The middle circle is degree elevated and edited