How can the grids follow a curved surface? Fluent and Blender tutorial - Dev's trick

The Fluent's grids allow to fill a flat cut. But how to deform the grid and follow a curved surface like a large bevel ? In this dev's trick video, Rudy explain a technique based on curve modifier and bezier curve.
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00:00 Intro
00:37 Make the object
01:56 Add grid
02:40 Curve the grid
09:36 End

[@CGThoughts]

Pour mes camarades francophones : j'ai décidé de publié les vidéos en français sur une chaine dédiée : czcams.com/channels/_7e8IytUGxl5-o8DwLGRpA.html
La version française de cette vidéo sera publié ce jeudi 14 avril à 07h du matin.

[@sebastienmorere6925]

OOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh !!!!! ça , c'est super top , merci beaucoup !!!! j'en ai vraiment assez de suivre ce qui se passe à l'écran et lire les soustitres en même temps 😜Je fonce m'abonné 😁👍

[@IronLordFitness]

J'étais sûr que t'étais français XD

[@0pride809]

The flow of this video is beautiful. Starting off talking about the inportance of not relying on addons to think, explaining the origin info for curve modifier, then back to reminding us to use that knowledge.
Its so simple, but i needed to hear that. I didnt know i was doing that so much until i heard it

[@blanchsb]

Thanks Rudy. Another easy way to make a curve is to simply steal an edge path from existing geometry and separate the edge and then convert to curve. I've done this a lot of times with my fluent curved grids. You can also set the grid array length to fit the curve as well.

[@funw3d538]

"Technical Focus": great new series of tuts!

[@rileyb3d]

You’ve made a useful tool, and you’re here presenting it in an excellent way! Well done and thank you!

[@CGThoughts]

Thank you for the comment :)

[@ivankrecker9210]

Cool trick with curve drawing! Thanks!

[@Golemofstone]

Thanks for your tutorials, Really helpful especially for an old dog like me who finds it hard to learn new tricks, Cheers!

[@robertbuchanan5504]

Well explained, thank you. :)

[@CGThoughts]

Thank you Robert

[@jadekirsten9205]

Doing a great job there. Gracias!

[@TimothyTocci]

Interesting video - Thank you!

[@user-zh9wp1gh7v]

In fact, I really thank you man!

[@CGSeb-scifi]

Super cool mix of Fluent with blender tools 😃

[@CGThoughts]

Thank you Seb :)

[@user-so8br5kg5n]

Thanks!

[@3DShihab]

awesome trick, keep it up

[@CGThoughts]

Thank you :)

[@pixel-ink]

Thanks

[@StuSutcliffe60]

@CG Thoughts: could you explain how to make a curved grid in 2 axis, in ex a curved circle grid over a sphere with round hole?

[@CGThoughts]

About the sphere, I advise to use a cast modifier set it to sphere and pick an object at the center of the imaginary sphere.

[@decintimattia]

Thanks for the tutorial, all very clear. I have only one question, I bought fluent a couple of weeks ago, I find it really easy and fun to use, but the problem I encountered concerns the interface of the add-ons, unfortunately it is not like the one in video, how can I fix it ? is there any update? (ps. I have blender 3.0.0)

[@CGThoughts]

Hello, please use the Discord to find help. Impossible to help you efficiently with a comment on CZcams. :)
I use Fluent 2.0.3 and Blender 3.1

[@decintimattia]

@@CGThoughts Thank u

[@loremipsum3147]

Instead of creating and projecting a bezier, could we use an already existing edge. Like duplicating and separating an edge on the curvy part of the mesh and converting that to a curve? Thx for the video btw

[@CGThoughts]

Yes it's another solution. In this case you have to copy the object, apply all modifiers then extract the edges then remove the copy then convert the edge into a curve.

[@loremipsum3147]

@@CGThoughts ha I see yes that would be too many steps

[@jean-marcperrier2102]

Moi j'utilise plutôt une texture type grille, avec transparence et ensuite appliquée à une simple surface. Le rendu est plus rapide, car il y a beaucoup moins de polygones a traiter pour le calcul. Par contre pour les simulations avec choc, découpe ou autres déformations, j'ai pas encore trouvé.

[@CGThoughts]

En effet Jean-Marc, si l'on veut limiter le nombre de polygones c'est le mieux.

[@sammieveeler3369]

no idea why i couldnt get this to work

[@damnfail9316]

come here for the tutorial, i stayed because of the accent.. :) cool plugin.

[@oscarclips4883]

stp ........tu peux me donnez l'adons j'ai pas d'argent et j"ai envie de utilise cet adons stp

[@petneb]

So you are telling me that I bought a tool that can't do everything? 😂

[@CGThoughts]

Everything no but we can go far ! :)

[@yvesjannic6695]

Bonsoir et pkoi pas en français ?

[@dannielercoy471]

Peut-être parce qu'il a honte de sa langue ou alors qu'il pense que l'anglais doit s'imposer à tous ?

[@CGThoughts]

Bonsoir Yves il est vrai que je fais habituellement toutes mes vidéos dans les deux langues.
J'ai ouvert une chaine dédié au français :) La vidéo est disponible ce jeudi à 07h du matin.
czcams.com/video/hapb_DFzkeQ/video.html