Daemon : Crown Shape

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Last updated: 18 Oct, 2018 by Alex Ribao

The best method to shape the crown splash is to edit the viewport gizmo's control points - it can activated by clicking on "Select and Manipulate".

Select and Manipulate button
  • The tendril spikes can only be adjusted in vertical direction.
  • The crown's lower and upper base control points can be manipulated in X, Y, and Z direction.


Crown daemon manipulator handles for spikes and base control points positions and tangents

 

If you need more precision it is possible to enter exact values under "Lower base" and "Upper base"; the values under "Spikes" are for information only (they can be changed, but the values will not be considered).

Crown Shape - Upper / Lower base

Here you find the coordinates of the base's control points and anchor points for manual editing.

Spikes

Here you find the coordinates of the spikes' control points. These values are for information only: they can be changed, but the values will not be considered.




Viewport manipulation

It is possible to manipulate the Offset and Radius of the control points directly in the viewport. In order to do it you need to enable the "Select and Manipulate" option in 3ds Max.

 

 

When this mode is enabled, several green squares are superposed over the spline object in the viewport to allow its direct manipulation.
Radius manipulator (left green dot) and Offset manipulator (right green dot)