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I've been looking around and i haven't quite found a way to do this yet without going through a lot of trouble.. I'm trying to curve a plane. To be clear,i'm not trying to do this: What is the fastest way to create a curved plane?

What i'm trying to do, is this: Single inwards curve

What i want to do is put inward curves on all 4 edges, and possibly a curve on 'top' of the plane as well. I managed to get one inwards curve by using the Curve Modifier, but i haven't managed to get multiple curves at once by using this. also, it messes up the rest of the plane when i do that. So, is there a way to do this?

P.S. For anyone who wants to know, i'm trying to make a shadesail for a 3D house project. The last time i did a shadesail, I made it manually and it took AGES so i'm just trying to find a way around this problem. Thanks :)

Tyrel
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Note: This is non destructive way to do such thing. You can always use Proportional Editing to directly model this shape.

  1. Add a Plane and Subdivide it as much as you need/want.

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  1. Add Lattice and Scale it by 2.
  2. Go to Lattice Data tab and set U: 3, V: 3, W: 1.

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  1. Add Lattice modifier to the Plane and choose Lattice as Object.

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  1. Go back to Lattice in Edit Mode, select needed vertices and Scale them down and also move center vertex on the Z axis.

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  • You sir, are a hero. You have changed my life. Thanks man, this is exactly what i was trying to do! :D – Tyrel Oct 11 '17 at 16:08
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Add a Plane and sub divide it to 8 and then 2 subdivide again to get a smooth

Add Empty

With the plane selected Add a Cast Modifier

In the control object select Empty

And with the empty selected pull up or down to get the shape

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You could add a Circle. SHIFT + "A" and select "Circle" from the drop down menu.

TAB into Edit Mode and extrude inwards. Press "E" + "S" SHIFT "Z".

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Then delete unwanted vertices by selecting them and pressing "X".

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EDIT: Another option.

Add a Plane. SHIFT +"A" select Mesh > Plane from the drop down menu.

TAB into Edit Mode. Add some Loop Cuts. CTRL + "R" > Mouse Wheel to increase the number of Loop Cuts.

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TAB into Object Mode and press "A" to deselect the plane.

Add a Bezier Circle. SHIFT +"A" select Curve > Circle from the drop down menu.

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Select the Plane and add a Curve Modifier. Choose the BezierCircle as the Object in the Curve Modifier Pane.

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Select the Bezier Circle and press "S" to adjust the scale.

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You can also select the plane and adjust it's scale 0n the "X" axis (in this example.

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  • I thought of that, but then i would have to add 4 circles, delete all the unwanted parts, and join them together again; then i'd have to reshape the entire thing to fit the curve that i'm trying to get. That would basically take just as long as my original method... I was hoping this could be done with the curve modifier somehow... – Tyrel Oct 11 '17 at 13:59
  • I'm confused... 4 circles, delete, join? – Dontwalk Oct 11 '17 at 14:06
  • Ok, i'll try explain... Basically, i need this- https://db1736767dbd5e7094bb-d61bbc5d0b342a54145a236e2d5d1ebf.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/d25decc8-2651-495b-9c5b-29e3bf2b2900.jpg --thats a shadesail. All 4 sides of the square curve inwards. Using the method above, I can only get one side to curve inwards. I've been trying to use multiple curve modifiers on one mesh but so far...nada. If I was able to use 4 or more curve modifiers on one mesh,then there would be no problem. – Tyrel Oct 11 '17 at 15:09