Power Ellipse Section with offset in two directions

[vptudd]

Hello,
I´ve got another question.
Is it possible to generate a yarn with two different directions of section-offset along its path?
I want to create a yarn with a power-elliptical section with an offset in x-direction to allow for a leno yarn to cross and, at different points, an offset in z-direction to properly simulate a different crossing.
I´ve tried to use only the x-offset and rotate the places where I need z-offset by 90°, but that just messed up my model.
Any help is much appreciated, thanks in advance.

PS. Please excuse grammatical and wording mistakes. English is not my native language.

[louisepb]

Hi,

At the moment there is no option to apply an offset in the z-direction on the power ellipse section. As you probably saw, if you rotate the section this, in effect, rotates the yarn so that the surface mesh becomes rotated.

I think that you could achieve what you're after by using the hybrid section as described here: http://texgen.sourceforge.net/index.php ... s-Sections You may need to play around with the combinations of section you use to get the required shape.

Alternatively, if you're ok with a bit of Python scripting, you could use the Polygon section which allows you to specify a set of points around the cross-section. This isn't available via the GUI. There is information about how to use this on the thread here: http://texgen.sourceforge.net/phpBB3/vi ... ygon#p3171

Hope that helps,
Louise