[TOOL TUTORIAL] Vector Fields from splines in 3ds Max

Hello again,

The script is taking forever… so I figured I would take opportunity to show you what I am working with, maybe I am doing something wrong. the 3 images pretty much show everything.

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I forgot to optimize the curves, but they couldn’t be more than 200 total…

Ok, so I optimized the curve, and started with 4x4. Worked fperfect, and took about 5 seconds…

Then I tried 8x8. no problem, took a bit longer…
then I tried 16x16. takes about 30 seconds…

So if I tried 128x128, I am thinking it will take 2 hours! Is that taking longer than it should?

UPDATE: I recreated the spline, simpler time, and now I am trying 32x32 and… still going… it will most likely finish but is taking approximately … at least 5 minutes but it’s not finished yet… here is the current setup (I added red dots to show spline complexity):

Thanks in advance for your help!

~s