Add Edge With Adjust to Surrounding Surface

[izze]

Any Max user would know it as Swiftloop.... I would like to add an edge and have it conform to the surrounding mesh. Any way to accomplish this in XSI? Thanks.

[Zafar Iqbal]

I do not know the Swift Tool but it seems like you are looking for the Split Edges tool. Make sure you are in Edge component mode and right click. You should then be able to see it in the po-pup. If you select an edge and then right click, a slightly different kind of Split Edge tool will show up.

[izze]

I have attached an image to explain futher. If you split an edge in XSI it will do just that. Add the edge. Swiftloop in Max will add the edge and keep the shape by adjusting to the surrounding surface.

The edge on the Left would be how swiftloop would do it. The edge added on the right is how XSI does it.

[Mathaeus]

afaik, XSI Bevel operator is the only one that doing some kind of interpolation, but not exactly in this way. While ago (around XSI 5) some guy posted on XSIBase the modification of SplitEdge that worked just as you described, but I really can't recall the name of guy and that script, and who knows does it works with latest Softimages.

Btw, when we are already here , I hope I'll post the update for kH nodes tonight. Beside other small improvements, should be one version of simplified, mesh emitter too.

Cheers

[Zafar Iqbal]

I don't think XSI will do that for you.

[izze]

Sh*t, I wish I was smarter and could make my own plugins! Thanks so much for the effort you are putting into your hair nodes. I am starting another personal project that will have some up close renders. And it will be very exciting to emit from polygons !