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# 1 10-07-2004 , 06:28 PM
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Bi-rail making 1/2 surface?

Hi guys,

I've setup 4 curves, 2 of them closed and 2 path curves so i can make a car's side mirror with NURBs and then convert it back to polies.
You can see the 4 curves in the attached pic part 1.
Now when I use the Birail2 or 3+ (both give same results with this), i select the 2 closed curves as my profile curves (part 2), then i select the other 2 curves for the paths.
But the tool only makes the bottom half of the surface? Anyone know how to make it do the top half as well?

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# 2 11-07-2004 , 11:34 AM
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MAybe you should try to lofting them. Inserting some curves in middle and then lofting. It should give almoust same result.


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# 3 11-07-2004 , 06:50 PM
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the reason i'm doing a birail is because i need maya to do all the shape blending and curving for me.
is it common for Birails to screw up when using closed curves?

this is extra strange, because i previously was able to get the top half of the mirror surface before i curved the path curves in the y-axis. but after that i can only get the bottom half...


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