Overview
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Tame unruly parametric curves. Learn how to control the curvature of nonrectilinear geometry such as circles, arcs, arches, splines, and complex curves like cyma moldings.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Creating seed families
- Understanding automatic sketch dimensions
- Creating parametric circles
- Creating parametric ellipses
- Constraining simple open curves
- Using arc angle and radius
- Controlling rotation
- Creating a rotation seed
- Adding geometry to work planes
- Combining rotation and curvature
- Creating a segmental arch
- Creating Roman and Moorish style arches
- Making a Gothic arch
- Making an elliptical arch
- Introducing formulas
- Using profile families
- Devising the strategy for an ovolo curve
- Create a new ovolo profile
- Completing the ovolo profile family
- Using an ovolo profile to shape a sweep
- Devising the strategy for a cyma curve
- Why should we bother with formulas?
- Construct a rig for the cyma profile
- Building a cyma profile family
- Using fixed proportion scaling
- Maintain fixed proportions with equality dimensions
- Maintaining fixed proportions with splines
- Incorporating variable proportions
- Combining scale and proportion
- Using a conditional formula
- Creating a three center arch profile
- Using a profile to make a door opening
- Creating a profile-based door panel
- Configuring molding profiles
- Creating door molding sweeps
- Constraining curvature without formulas
- Next steps
