Advanced Member Mighty Pea Posted January 16, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) I use the Stroke Mode shapes quite a lot for panelling and the like, and find myself wishing for a rounded rectangle shape with adjustable corner size. Here's an example of what I do with it (I use different brush curve profiles to get the more complex shape, and to get beveling etc.) The second example shows what I'm currently doing with brushes (with depthmaps made in Photoshop). There are many downsides to doing it in a brush versus doing it in a stroke mode: -You need to make a new brush for every small change in size -It's not resolution-independant. -You can't set the size of the slope with Border Width -You can't adjust the curve of the slope with the brush's curve profile. For those who are familiar with it, this is a great way to do minor paneling and scifi greeble stuff inside of 3dcoat, similar to how for instance NDO2 would do it. Edited January 16, 2015 by Mighty Pea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member The Candy-floss Kid Posted January 17, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 An interactive bevel profile with adjustable corners would be a very sweet addition for trying out new looks fast. Great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor TimmyZDesign Posted January 17, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Actually...don't you guys think it would be best to just upgrade the Stroke Modes to be like a CAD "sketch" tool? The Stroke Modes in 3D-Coat are already similar to CAD sketch tools, but not quite as good. CAD sketch tools include exact measurement of lines and circle radius, exact angle-snapping, snapping to other edges and points, bevel/chamfer/fillet of corners, boolean subtraction of areas within the sketch, etc. Pretty much all CAD software has sketch tools now (AutoCAD, Rhino, Inventor, Fusion 360, etc.) There is even a free one made by Autodesk called 123D Design that has decent sketch tools. If we had a CAD-style sketch option in 3D-Coat's Stroke Mode panel, just think of the amazing precision we would suddenly have! In case you don't know what I am talking about, here is a brief 2-minute video which demonstrates the speed and power of CAD-style sketch tools: http://youtu.be/BdGbSw-rmuA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted January 17, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 +1 to all the above.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Ratchet Posted January 17, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) +1 , i would like to be able to make such normal maps. Edited January 17, 2015 by Ratchet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Trello vote card open: Please feel free to add a +1 More 'Stroke Mode' shapes (rounded rectangle, for instance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member vinys Posted January 18, 2015 New Member Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Trello vote card open: Please feel free to add a +1 More 'Stroke Mode' shapes (rounded rectangle, for instance) +1 and voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Mighty Pea Posted February 17, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just to clarify for those who are saying 'would like to be able to make such normal maps' and 'would like an interactive bevel profile': you already can! If there's enough interest in it, I can make a video to show this off. Instead, what I'm asking for is a new curve shape that easily does rounded corners, ideally with variable size per corner (and a few different shapes, as in gravit.io). This is a shape that's used often, but hard to make in 3dCoat at the moment. You're forced to go into external software to either make a depthmap, or the spline shape itself, and import it. If you're interested in that as well, please vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 clarify note: added to mantis A video to show it off will be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor TimmyZDesign Posted February 18, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Instead, what I'm asking for is a new curve shape that easily does rounded corners, ideally with variable size per corner (and a few different shapes, as in gravit.io).You mean CAD sketch tools like in Autodesk's free program "123D Design". You draw the rectangular shape and then round the corners as desired. Then that drawn shape can be used to extrude/Boolean 3D forms:http://youtu.be/YaIVFiYxtEs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor TimmyZDesign Posted February 18, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 (and a few different shapes, as in gravit.io).I just checked out the gravit.io program that you mentioned.It is nice, but emulating a CAD program like 123D Design would be even better because it allows you to type in exact measurements and angles. (Being able to type in exact dimensions would also be great for 3D printing from 3D-Coat.) 3D-Coat is already very close. We can already draw on the 2D grid with snapping turned on, we can draw splines or b-splines, we can make spline points sharp or smooth. It is ALMOST like CAD sketch already, Andrew just needs to add a bit more, and it will be there. Imagine being able to draw like this in 3D-Coat (the whole thing is great, but you can see him create a rounded rectangle starting at 4:07): http://youtu.be/vOfKQugba00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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