Another Update! Curve now even evener!
z-up-curve-to-mesh (3.0).blend (139.7 KB)
Old File
z-up-curve-to-mesh (3.0).blend (138.2 KB)
This is an update to a previous node-group which deserves its own topic as the previous topic was about Z-Up curve-tilt and got de-railed.
Works like regular curve-to-mesh:
…but profile always projected in the z-up direction:
Even thickness now default.
The z-up-curve-to-mesh Node-Group in the .blend file above has received a massive cleanup and now has Even-Thickness on by default (thanks to recent work)… (since I expect this node-group to be used for arch-vis purposes I can’t think of a situation where you don’t want even thickness… and since curve-radius is respected you can add whatever scaling (or tilt) you want.)
Lots of examples included.
Note: Doesn’t work well with curve sections that point directly along the z-axis.
You’ll note the curves used as examples tend to have gentle vertical slopes.
As a bonus, this file includes the Z-Up-Curve-Tilt node-group you can use in-conjunction with the Curve-To-Mesh Even-Thickness Node-Group to get the same effect as using the z-up twist-method on a standard non-GN curve-bevel (but with added even-thickness).
… just add a Curve Radius node set to