Why a curve instead of a mesh for the ring?

Question

I still don’t understand why you went with a curve instead of a mesh object for the ring. Could you explain a little bit more the reasoning behind that decision? 🤔

Answer 1 · 2023-04-20T09:15:15Z

replied April 20, 2023 9:15am

Hi Wendy wendy10698 ,

It is mainly because Curves come with nice UVs.

There is even a nice trick, where you Extrude the Circle and Tilt the control points 90°:

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You certainly can use a Mesh Circle, but it's a lot more of a hassle to get the UVs right.

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Answer 2 · 2023-04-20T12:15:09Z

Omar Domenech replied April 20, 2023 12:15pm

We all like freebies, even if it's UV's I'll take'em. I guess another reason would be that it's so much easier to control a curve if you want to make changes. With a mesh you'd have lots of vertices which can add kinks if fiddled with too much.

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