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Exercise 05 (tutorial)

Updated: Dec 1, 2025

Construction of complex surfaces based on anemones morphogenesis


EX05 Morphogenesis: ANEMONES

To deform the initial surfaces (not shown in the video):

  • Draw a rectangle measuring 30 by 30 units;

  • Transform this rectangle into a plane;

  • Redefine the density of points U and V to 2 by 2 using the “_Rebuild” command;

  • Manually change the control points of the surface to deform it;

    ㄴ (1) show the points with the command "_PointsOn";

    ㄴ (2) activate the option 'Gumball (CPlane)' in the lower taskbar;

    ㄴ (3) select each point individually, and move according to the blue arrow;

  • Copy the previous surface along Z by 5 units, and deform the new surface.


     PANELINGTOOLS     


_ptGridSurfaceDomainNumber

create a grid of points applied to a surface, using U and V values;

ㄴ (1) select the surface to be divided into points;

ㄴ (2) enter the number of points in both directions;


_ptPanel3DCustomVariable

apply a set of modules to a surface, using application points and the modules' bounding boxes;

ㄴ (1) select the first grid of points;

ㄴ (2) select the second grid of points;

ㄴ (3) Option 'PatternMethod=List';

ㄴ (4) Option 'DistributionMethod=Random';

ㄴ (5) Option 'Group=Yes'

ㄴ (6) select the module to be applied;

ㄴ (7) select its respective bounding box;

ㄴ (8) repeat steps (6) and (7) for each remaining module.




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