spherical spin tool ?

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anyone has seen some spherical spin tool ?

that would be cool to complement the spin tool !

make a script for that may be !

thanks
happy bl

2

Come on man. Google doesn’t even know what you’re talk about. :slight_smile:

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never seen one like that before that is why I ask !

but would be an interesting new tool

thanks
happy bl

4

Hi RickyBlender.
Could you explain better what you are looking to do? Any examples or explanation about for what it would be useful?

5

Use normal spin twice to make spherical!

6

let say I use Earth as a sphere !

then you make a pattern on the equator and do a spin on the sphere from the equator up to the pole
so need to extrude and re scale to fit function of the latitude !

pattern could be all around the sphere or not !

doing it manually is possible but tedious !

and don’t think it can be done with spin X 2!

happy bl

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Are you referring to a subdivided plane bending!

8

no can be any flat pattern to follow sphere
from equator to top pole as shown in picture

I can do it manually but difficult to have precision
and tedious

thanks
happy bl

9

Is this the result that you want?

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10

about like that yes

but is it possible with any type of pattern ?

can you explain how to get it smoothly

thanks
happy bl

11

I believe you’ll be able to figure it out for yourself once you start tinkering with the .blend file.

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using modifier is a nice way to do it for a symmetrical pattern
but I was wondering about a more asymmetrical shape like a sea shell shape
I do have a script to do a sea shell like in picture
but ridges are not very deformed !

see image here

I know it is not really spherical but might be deformable with a lattice

did test with seashell and it can almost deform like the lamp shade

thanks
happy bl

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13

So you need something like this?

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14

the last one seems to look more like the real lamp shade
I made one but was not really flat in the back

can you explain how you did it

thanks
happy cl

15

Just make a UV sphere with 48 Segments and 24 Rings. And use the lattice modifier for everything else, you also have to change the triangle mesh on the poles to polys to have a better mesh. I’ll provide you with a .blendfile.