ICE Modelling: Transfer Part of a topology to an empty Mesh

[nicoM]

Hi all,

I'm playing around with ICE Modelling to learn some basics!
Now I try to figure out how to transfer only a part of a geometry to an empty mesh!

I tried with "Get Closest Points" to Isolate the part of the mesh I want and to build with that data a new mesh.
My problem is: I can read the vertex Position I want but not the polygon building data to rebuild the mesh!

Maybe someome can give me some tips how to solve this problem.

Thanks and cheers
Nico

[guillaume]

You are doing it in the opposite way as you are trying to delete something who is not still created in the empty mesh.
Get your topology from the mesh you want in the empty mesh.
Set the topology on the empty mesh.
Now ICE can read in the polymesh data.
Delete the points or polygons you don't want.

Cheers,

Guillaume

[nicoM]

Hi Guillaume,

thank you for you answer. This way it works but I have a problem with that.

When I delete vertex and polygons in a certain area there will be some artefacts in an another area of the mesh (see attached pic).

With this method I can delete parts of the mesh but how can I invert the effect? I want to delete everything outside the null.

Cheers
Nico

[guillaume]

Thanks for the screen shot, I understand better now. Here is how to do it :


And here is the scene : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5533643/Softima ... deNull.scn

the good news is that you can delete points or polygons before doing the Set Topology, so forget my first answer .

Cheers

Guillaume

[nicoM]

Thank you so much that you take time to teach us noobs how it works with ICE Modelling.

Greets
Nico

[rray]

indeed

[Ramon]

You modificate some compounds? I can`t find for example test vertex inside null.
How cut by mesh? How cut by curve not by plane?