From the course: Rhino 6 Essential Training (2018)
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Free-form curves: The key to organic modeling - Rhino Tutorial
From the course: Rhino 6 Essential Training (2018)
Free-form curves: The key to organic modeling
- [Dave] We'll now cover Drawing Freeform Curves, otherwise known as Dave's Keys to Organic Modeling. Now there's several ways to draw freeform curves; however, at the end of this I'm gonna recommend you use the Control Point Curve for best results. Let's briefly cover these four types. We have a Sketch. This is a very quick and easy, but not that accurate, way to draw stuff. We have the Handle Curve which is very similar to Adobe Illustrator. We have the Interpolate Points, which is a weird word, but this draws a curve with points on the curve, as opposed to the Control Point curve where the points are off the curve in kind of a cage-like structure. Also, this is the one I'm gonna prefer and recommend you focus on. A coupla keys to remember when drawing any kind of curves, but this directly applies to the control points, is simpler is better. That means when drawing, use the fewest number of these control points. If you need more detail just have the points more closely spaced…
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