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Transcript
00:02
So I'll double-click or shift-click on Freeform Blend to open the Control window.
00:06
And this works in the same way as Skin in that it jumps across a gap between two inputs.
00:13
The difference is we can set the Continuity value for each side.
00:17
So I'll just try Curvature
00:18
here
00:19
and update
00:20
and I can turn Auto Update on
00:23
so that I don't have to click that Build button each time.
00:26
And I've got the same Flow Control options that I have with Skin.
00:31
And I have an option here to just modify that
00:34
shape by nudging those CVs closer to the center
00:37
or pulling them back
00:39
to flatten off the shape.
00:41
So what that gives us is a very smooth, quick blend between those two input surfaces.
00:49
So I use, Query Edit
00:50
it to activate the control window again.
00:52
I also have this Modify Parameter value here that allows me to pull that
00:56
back along the surface away from the edge.
01:00
I tend not to use that so much, and instead I'll use the Object Edit Extend
01:05
on the input surface to explore where I want
01:09
the blend to start.
01:14
We can also use Freeform Blend on detail areas.
01:17
So here I've created a cut out for a handle recess.
01:22
So if I use Freeform Blend here,
01:24
I've got two surfaces here.
01:26
So if I select both, because they're tangent, they'll be treated as one edge
01:30
and then I have my second edge
01:32
and it creates my surface.
01:36
And the power of the Freeform Blend is its flexibility.
01:40
So I can choose the amount of offset of the two surfaces.
01:46
If I turn on my curves that I use to trim
01:50
that area,
01:51
I can modify those.
01:54
And the freeform blend
01:55
just updates as I make changes.
01:60
I can also
02:01
change the way I want the blend to work.
02:03
So let's just have Position only on the outside
02:06
and take a look at that.
02:11
So the file provided has got lots of examples
02:13
where you can experiment with Freeform Blend.
Video transcript
00:02
So I'll double-click or shift-click on Freeform Blend to open the Control window.
00:06
And this works in the same way as Skin in that it jumps across a gap between two inputs.
00:13
The difference is we can set the Continuity value for each side.
00:17
So I'll just try Curvature
00:18
here
00:19
and update
00:20
and I can turn Auto Update on
00:23
so that I don't have to click that Build button each time.
00:26
And I've got the same Flow Control options that I have with Skin.
00:31
And I have an option here to just modify that
00:34
shape by nudging those CVs closer to the center
00:37
or pulling them back
00:39
to flatten off the shape.
00:41
So what that gives us is a very smooth, quick blend between those two input surfaces.
00:49
So I use, Query Edit
00:50
it to activate the control window again.
00:52
I also have this Modify Parameter value here that allows me to pull that
00:56
back along the surface away from the edge.
01:00
I tend not to use that so much, and instead I'll use the Object Edit Extend
01:05
on the input surface to explore where I want
01:09
the blend to start.
01:14
We can also use Freeform Blend on detail areas.
01:17
So here I've created a cut out for a handle recess.
01:22
So if I use Freeform Blend here,
01:24
I've got two surfaces here.
01:26
So if I select both, because they're tangent, they'll be treated as one edge
01:30
and then I have my second edge
01:32
and it creates my surface.
01:36
And the power of the Freeform Blend is its flexibility.
01:40
So I can choose the amount of offset of the two surfaces.
01:46
If I turn on my curves that I use to trim
01:50
that area,
01:51
I can modify those.
01:54
And the freeform blend
01:55
just updates as I make changes.
01:60
I can also
02:01
change the way I want the blend to work.
02:03
So let's just have Position only on the outside
02:06
and take a look at that.
02:11
So the file provided has got lots of examples
02:13
where you can experiment with Freeform Blend.
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