Friday, December 01, 2006

Update 12-01

Modeling a distorted globe in FormZ has proved more difficult than I imagined. Here are some work-in-progress images:





I am experimenting with using the S-Loft tool to create a shape the size of the "hole" I wish to create and then differencing this from the sphere. I would like the hole to be more organic and pull the land around it instead of just subtracting it. I would appreciate suggestions on methods and tools to do this.

3 comments:

rael said...

why not model the hole and subtract it, then try to run a morphing between the two conditions. also, remember that the drawing can, and should, contains the isochrones, and other registration and data that your flat maps had.

rael said...

if you are more explicit, i will offer some feedback about how to model this.

rael said...

at the point that the hole meets the surface of the earth, can you use p-round or c-rounding to make the transition smooth?