Add Doubles

[enzyme69]

I am experimenting with Intersect Edges and trying to come up with interesting shapes just by doodling using Grease Pencil.

From Grease Pencil => Simplified Edges, there are still many steps, but it is okey for now.

Now, If I have shapes like above. Now, instead of "Remove Doubles", I actually here wanted to have each enclosed shapes separated.

I think Zeffii's "extra data" from Intersected Edges can be used here with Fill Holes.

However, I am wondering how do we go about doing this => where-ever vertices have multiple edges going into it, separate it.

Is it Polygon Boom? Perhaps something like Polygon Boom, but only for enclosed shapes.

[enzyme69]

Fill Hole and Polygoon Boom actually works in this case! As long Fill Hole does the hole filling nicely, polygon boom can then separate on intersection.

Sweet!

[nortikin]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6KMvjWAjGiyalhSREhCdVB4a28/edit?usp=sharing

[enzyme69]

Haha.. Nikitron, you read my mind :) Indeed this is such an interesting setup. Very simple, but allow for creation of many random things.

Thanks again for that advanced example!

I wish I have 3D printer, we can make Toys using this "Intersecting" setup.

[zeffii]

@enzyme69 -- should be cool to have a 2d / 3d schematic output for instructions for woodworkers to make these objects. Sydney uni has great woodworking facilities I read.

[enzyme69]

yes actually. I need more insider people. I know Sydney Uni, but no access. I am at UTS, I heard they have nice 3D printing but no access to it, different department.

I guess, I can start asking around.

[enzyme69]

I reopen this one because it is kind of interesting.

What would you call it if I have something like this:

And I need to clean it up so that, every Edges with Polgon Faces == are stored, while the rest of them are deleted / clean up?

Sometimes I also found the case where there are stray vertices on straight edges, but nothing really connected on that edges (kind of unnecessary and can be deleted.

[zeffii]

this could be as simple as :

if vertex shared by more than n verts:
    # ( 3 = T ,  4 = X , ..etc )  
    then output  that vertex

[enzyme69]

Yes, exactly something like that. Instead of Remove Doubles, this actually create doubles/duplicate of itself => this is for every vertices sharing edges.

I don't know what this process is called.

If one can select those vertices, one can then invert it to get Vertices that only have 1 edge == and not sharing any edges => and this selfish Vertex can be gone.

2nd question: (kind of related) Also, do we have way to "Edge Boom", instead of "Polygon Boom"? Like totally break every points.

[enzyme69]

In Blender environment, there is such thing using Edge Split and this work for every Edge that is actually Mark as Sharp.

[enzyme69]

Similar to Polygon Boom, but not.

I just found out about below, it is interesting.

[enzyme69]

This is weird, but I will use it quite often.

[ly29]

Doesn't polygonboom separate all edges already?

Doesn't feeding the faces to Polygon2Edges directly give the same result? Those delete loose and mesh join shouldn't do anything with that setup.

[enzyme69]

You are right. Hmm... was confused a bit before.

Interesting, I think I have all I need.

Cheer Linus!