Using shape objects in surface cladding

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- Feb 22, 2016 2 Comments

Image : King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Another example of using Shapes and surface controller + sub-object offset controller.  

Diagonal surface subdivision

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- Feb 19, 2016 No Comments

image: CVDB Arquitectos’ Ljubljana National Library In this video you will find out how to use simple spline shape to create surface subdivisions in diagonal direction. Also you learn how to use “delete mesh ” modifier to create a random subdivision effect.

Animated surface paneling

Posted in: All Tutorials, Animation, Surface Paneling- Aug 01, 2015 No Comments

              In this video we learn how to use an animated parameter to create a dynamic surface paneling.

Random curves on a surface.

Posted in: All Tutorials, Random values, Surface Paneling- Jul 29, 2015 No Comments

                    This is an advanced tutorial in Para 3d which demonstrate the usage of logic , test and condition controllers. Image courtesy of Philip Michael Brown Download the Paraflow from here.

Populate using surface controller

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- Jul 14, 2015 1 Comment

Using surface controller to array a window object on faces of a polygon mesh. Also learn how to set the number of array members to the number of faces in polygon mesh.

Voronoi pattern on 3d surface

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- Jul 06, 2015 No Comments

In this tutorial you learn how to approximate a surface using a Voronoi mesh. This tutorial is using para 3d 4.61

Surface paneling with round edges.

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- May 18, 2015 No Comments

Find out more about Para 3d and surface paneling tips and tricks in this video!

Parametric mesh (User defined pattern)

Posted in: All Tutorials- Jun 10, 2014 No Comments

This video demonstrate use of User defined pattern in Parametric mesh. This feature is only available in Para 4.2 and higher.

Create Geometric pattern on NURBS surface

Posted in: All Tutorials, In Action!, Surface Paneling- May 24, 2014 6 Comments

This video demonstrate use of “sub-object offset” controller to create custom pattern in surface paneling with Para.

Paint

Posted in: All Tutorials, Surface Paneling- May 15, 2014 No Comments

This tool allow users to visualize a given parameter by coloring items using given color chart.