Freestyle

The grid allows you to determine the lens' distribution onto the support.

Note: Freestyle grid is not compatible with the Flute beam type.

Two sets of curves are used to delimit the elements of the lens. These curves can give either a rectangular-based or a circular-based pattern.

Lens with rectangular-based freestyle grid Lens with circular-based freestyle grid

Axis System

The grid axis system is used to define the way that the sets of curves are projected onto the support.

The axis system origin is optional. It is, by default, inherited from the source.

Note: If you define manually one axis only, the other axis is automatically (and randomly) calculated by Speos in the 3D view. However, the other axis in the Definition panel may not correspond to the axis in the 3D view. Please refer to the axis in the 3D view.
Support and the two sets of curves viewed from the plane normal to Projection Direction Result of the feature generated with the support and the two sets of curves of the picture on the left

Definition

Two sets of curves (X curves and Y curves) are used to define the freestyle grid.

These curves can be lines, splines or sketches.

Note: The curves are not necessarily continuous in tangency.

Each set of curves has to follow some rules for the feature to be built properly :

  • Each curve of a set cannot intersect any other curve from this set.
  • Each curve of a set cannot intersect several times any other curve.
  • All the curves of a set has to intersect all the curves of the other set.
  • All the curves of a set has to be closed if one curve of this set is closed.

X curves are dedicated to vertical curves and are defined along Y grid axis.

Y curves are dedicated to horizontal curves and are defined along X grid axis.

X curves in magenta define the curves along Y grid and Y curves in purple define the curves along X Grid