Tutorial 4.4 - Map Curve Pattern onto 3D Surface
The intent of the first design project is to create a 3 dimensional lacework but we have restricted ourselves to 2 dimensional CNC machinery. While there are a number of ways to exhaustively simulate, as accurately as possible, the physical outcome we can also approximate quite quickly by remapping our patterns from a flat initial surface under the pattern to a more complex 3 dimensional one. It is important to note however that the pattern is mapped between the domains of the surfaces and therefore will stretch to the new surface. To be an accurate representation the target surface must be of the exact same dimensions but will serve for our initial purposes.
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