Sails

[Philippe Hurbain]

What do you call "soft transformation tool"?

After you have selected an area around attachment hole, Deform -> soft transform (shortcut shift+t). You get a handle thingy that you can use to modify the area. Arrows -> move, arcs -> rotate, square -> scale.

I don't really understand how I can import attachement points inti meshmixer as I only have a surface made of triangles.

Sorry, was not clear. I meant import in meshmixer the parts to which the sair is attached - here, the mast. Use "append" instead of "replace" to have two objects (the sail and the mast).

In my case, as the part is made of plastic and not clothe, the part is quite rigid. So, I would like to bend it as if it was wrapped around a sphere.

Soft transform fall-off slider controls the area concerned by transformation so it somehow acts as a stiffness control. You may need to adjust shape, eg. select the center of the sail and use soft transform on it to get the shape right.