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Spline Cleaner: Detach Splines, Connect Segments, Weld Vertices

This Spline Cleaner tutorial dives into 3 essential functions — Explode, Connect, and Weld — to help you organize complex spline shapes, detach segments, and optimize vertices for cleaner results in your 3ds Max projects.

With Explode, you can detach all segments or splines within selected shapes, with the option to group segments by angle threshold. Weld Vertices allows you to merge vertices within a set distance, reducing unnecessary points. Finally, Connect Vertices enables you to join nearby vertices by creating new segments to fill up unwanted gaps in your curves.

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TurboSplines Tutorial: Creation, Editing & Animation

Here are 3 videos that will show you the basic procedures for creating, editing and animating your path deformed meshes with TurboSplines 3dsmax plugin.

This video will show you how to use the tools in the Creation section to quickly make path deformed meshes.

  • Load your paths
  • Use different mesh types (cylinder, box, capsule, ribbon, custom profile, custom mesh)
  • Create multiple meshes per path
  • Add extra features to your meshes: Taper, Tip, Slice start/end

This video shows how to use the tools in the Editing section.

  • Change basic parameters (radius, sides, segments, height)
  • Edit and animate Path Deform properties
  • Copy/Paste parameters between meshes
  • Apply variation to get a more appealing look.

This video shows how to use the tools in the Animation section.

  • Set Animation type: move, grow, reveal
  • Configure Animation start and length
  • Apply Offset and set animations order
  • Adjust Path Percent values
  • Set an Easing

For further information about TurboSplines, please check out the other tutorials or go to the TurboSplines Manual.

 
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Spline Cleaner: Optimize, Normalize, Reduce vertices

Here’s a video showing a quick overview of the most important tools in Spline Cleaner for removing excessive vertices from your spline curves: Optimize, Normalize and Reduce Vertices.

Update: The Normalize tool was greately improved in version 1.50 with the addition of Smart Normalize feature, wich rebuilds the spline/s without loosing any detail at the corners.

Visit our SplineDynamics channel on Youtube for more videos.

Cheers!

 
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