"XSI Easy Pull Tool V1.5"

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The pull tool helps creating NURBS surfaces from scratch.

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You gradually enlarge a small surface by repeatedly extending it to a 
deformable curve next to one of the edges of the surface.

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To explain, this is what you w o u l d do without the script:

Starting from a small square (Get->Primitive->Surface->Grid with U Length=1;
V Length=1; U Subdiv=1; V Subdiv=1), you extract one of its four boundaries as 
a curve (Create->Curve->Extract from Surface with Position=0.0 or 1.0; 
Direction=U or V), freeze the curve and extend the surface to that curve 
(Modify->Surface->Extend to Curve; boundary the same as above, of course).

Because of the modelling relationship you can now modify the extracted curve 
(Use M to move points) and deform the surface accordingly - It's necessary 
to move the curve a bit away from the surface first.

The script simplifies this process.

In the current version, you get five buttons labeled:
"Pull Min U (Red)", "Pull Min V (Green)"
"Pull Max U", "Pull Max V",
"New Minigrid"

The button "New Minigrid" will create a grid as described above. It will also
turn on the visibilty of boundary flags (Red, Green) for selected and un-
selected objects. Edit the script minigird.js if you don't want that.

The buttons labeled "Pull..." do the extraction and extension at the specified
boundary. They leave you with only the curve selected and ready to deform.

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From an explorer window, drag the five vbs scripts onto the custom pane

contact : ray@giga4u.de

