3DMAX art spline, enhanced helix plug-in tutorial
Perfect beautiful curly shape!
The 3DMAX Art Spline plug-in is used to create beautiful spirals, curls and ring knot splines with mathematical precision.
Such as making ornaments, decorations, ironwork designs, jewelry, cloth ornaments, symbols of ancient cultures, tentacles, paths for animation/distribution/morphing, etc.
This tool is ideal for prop modelers, hard surface modelers, architects, designers, engineers, CG animators and motion graphics artists.
【Applicable version】
3dMax 2012 and above
【Main Features】
- Precise custom algorithms for creating parametric spirals, helices, torus knots and curls.
- Intuitive user interface.
- Spirals: Arithmetic Spiral, Golden Spiral, Logarithmic, Parabolic, Hyperbolic.
Control turns, width, knots, growth factor, height, offset, clockwise/counterclockwise, curved/linear segments. Symmetry option.
- Helix: standard helix, spherical helix, oblique helix, circular helix.
Controls the number of turns, start/end radius, number of knots, height, offset, clockwise/counterclockwise, curved/straight segments. Symmetry option.
- Torus Knot: Thousands of variants, easy to visualize and modify.
Control number of foils, variants, blooms/rings, radius, number of knots, clockwise/counterclockwise, curved/straight segments.
- Curl: By parametrically bending and curling a straight line, create a simple curl that behaves like a hair or tentacle, always maintaining its length.
- Controls: spline length, bend, curl, number of knots, height, offset, clockwise/counterclockwise, curved/linear segments.
-Create square spirals, triangular spirals, and other special shapes using straight line segments.
- Axisymmetric controls let you create gorgeous spirals and spirals and decorations.
- Generate standard 3dmax editable splines, easy to modify.
- No plugin dependencies. Compatible with all rendering engines.
【installation method】
The plug-in does not need to be installed, just drag the plug-in script file to the 3dMax viewport to open it (note: the plug-in script and the images folder should be placed in the same directory).
【Instructions】
The process of creating an artistic spline is almost the same as creating any shape or object in 3dMax. For example, to create a helix:
1. Press the "Create" button above.
2. Press and drag the mouse in the 3dMax viewport to draw the shape.
3. Set or modify parameters:
The 3dMax Art Spline plug-in can create 4 main types of shapes (each with many variations): Helix (1), Helix (2), Loop Knot, and Curl, as shown below:
hint:
1. The plugin uses mathematical formulas and functions to draw curled splines very accurately.
2. The created object is a standard 3dmax editable spline. Anytime you select it, you can modify its parameters on that plugin.
3. The plugin can only handle one object at a time, but can handle duplicate instances and add modifiers on top of shapes just like any other 3dmax object.
4. The plug-in parameters cannot be animated. However, there are ways to animate the shapes created by this plugin, for example, you can generate a series of shapes with the same number of sections, and then use the Morph modifier to animate the deformation between them.