Michael,
he wants to do the other way around. Create a plain Sticker (from a Sticker Sheet) and add it to a bent surface. Actually it results in a heavy deformed pattern, when it is bent too much. So we need something that will bent the sticker automatically without stretching it.
My basic idea would be:
1. get the edge coordinates
2. move this edge 0.25 LDU to the outside (this must be calculated as a simple movement doesn't work here)
3. rotate the pattern until it is planar with the most outside edge
4. break the pattern at the line, where the edge line is bent for the first time
5. rotate the rest of the pattern until it is planar with the next edge
6. break the pattern at the line, where the edge from step 5. is bent.
7. redo steps 4, 5 and 6 until all areas of the pattern are bent correctly.
8. create the outside border of the sticker (90° to the pattern sides)
9. create the underside (maybe as a cutout of the part where the sticker should be applied)
/Max
he wants to do the other way around. Create a plain Sticker (from a Sticker Sheet) and add it to a bent surface. Actually it results in a heavy deformed pattern, when it is bent too much. So we need something that will bent the sticker automatically without stretching it.
My basic idea would be:
1. get the edge coordinates
2. move this edge 0.25 LDU to the outside (this must be calculated as a simple movement doesn't work here)
3. rotate the pattern until it is planar with the most outside edge
4. break the pattern at the line, where the edge line is bent for the first time
5. rotate the rest of the pattern until it is planar with the next edge
6. break the pattern at the line, where the edge from step 5. is bent.
7. redo steps 4, 5 and 6 until all areas of the pattern are bent correctly.
8. create the outside border of the sticker (90° to the pattern sides)
9. create the underside (maybe as a cutout of the part where the sticker should be applied)
/Max