Rubber sketchbook

No, but if not the same length, then the mesh being deformed will stretch or shrink (depending on the difference between the length of the axis/path.

Steve, but does NVil provide user a tool for measuring the length of a curve? I could of course take a Measurement tool and check the distance between every spline vertex of the curve and add that up, but it's tedious and will work only for linear curves. In Maya for example there's the Arc Length tool and arclen MEL command.

EDIT: Ah, thanks IStonia. I was writing the reply for so long I didn't notice your post.

One thing I forgot to put forward, that is important, is that you should place the start of the "Axis" and the start of the "Path" at the same location, otherwise the deformation will take that the distance into account and can cause unexpected results.

Yeah, I figured it out by trial and error. But thanks for pointing this out.

Nice model. I subscribed to your youtube channel.

So many tools in Nvil Awesome.

Thank you Johnny.
I agree, there's a lot of interesting tools in NVil that are definitely worth experimenting with. Two days ago I was about to ask if there were any plans of implementing various deformers... Today Steve tells me that one of them was already here.

Thank you Johnny.
I agree, there's a lot of interesting tools in NVil that are definitely worth experimenting with. Two days ago I was about to ask if there were any plans of implementing various deformers... Today Steve tells me that one of them was already here.

I have been opening NVIL at least once a day. It is going to take a while to learn. Steve is a great help.
IStonia is working hard. he is putting out updates faster than I have seen whole teams do.

I'm trying to bend this part I cut out from a sphere, but apparently I can't find a proper curve placement combination to do it.
The straight curve from the image is the axis line, the other one is the path curve.
What am I doing wrong?

Hi rubberDuck,

Do the splines both have the same start position?
Try selecting one of the splines, go into vertex_selection, and use "Reverse Order"

I reversed the order and everything is deforming as expected. Thanks again Steve.
And to think that yesterday you warned me against it...

I still forget sometimes to check start/end.
 There is a little square(start) and a circle(end) on the splines. But on high res' screen, they are very small.

I agree, some things are really hard to see on high-res screens. HUD size could get a little big bigger. Also, I'm never sure what curve object I have selected, if any, because only control points are highlighted on selection.

I agree, some things are really hard to see on high-res screens. HUD size could get a little big bigger. Also, I'm never sure what curve object I have selected, if any, because only control points are highlighted on selection.

What is your Youtube Channel ? 
Are there any nVil tutorials ?
thanks

The link to YouTube video where you can find my channel is in the first post, though I don't think you'll find anything useful there. I mostly use the account for storing "unlisted" (so not public) videos of various bug reports for some applications.
No tutorials. Well, not yet. Maybe in the future. You might want to follow Steve because he said he'll be doing some for NVil. I don't know where to find his channel though.

I completely forgot about this thread.
The final renders:

The bottom side (white plastic has displacement mapping):

Came out really well. Good work.

Stylised TV I'll be taking to 3D Coat for texturing.
Amazingly fast to create in NVil.

Nice modeling. What renderer did you use for the lighter?