Trees from joint marks in 3D

Trees from joint marks

Flamingo, agama and scorpion: three point rules on the same carved shape and centre line. Drag a panel to turn all six together; scroll or pinch to zoom. Ball sizes come from the shape. No ball fit, sheets or shells. Back to the results.

1. The pictures and marks

Simplified four-view animal sheet
Simplified sheet (front, side, back, top)
Red joint dots, try 1
Red dots, try 1
Red joint dots, try 2
Red dots, try 2
Named marks and snapped joint projections on four registered views
Named check (blue marks, orange joint circles)

2. Trees of balls

Today's rule (shape only)

Red dots + shape

Named joints + shape

3. Skin modifier bodies from the same trees

Today's rule (Skin modifier)

Red dots + shape (Skin modifier)

Named joints + shape (Skin modifier)

Ball colours: grey: points from the shape (forks, tips, roots, bulges) orange: points from joint marks. Today's rule also keeps bends and thickness changes; all its balls are grey. The Skin bodies show Blender's Skin modifier on each tree.