Profile

Profile settings allow you to sculpt the vertical profile of your POTTERWARE Object. The settings mimic the hand in thrown pottery on a wheel.

These settings only modify a POTTERWARE Object.

Vertical Profile

Select between a Smooth Profile and an Angular Profile to transform the shape of your POTTERWARE Object based on a curve defined by 5 control points (A-E).

A Smooth Profile will smoothly ease between control point values, and Angular Profile defines a sharp edge between each control point.

See also: Smooth and Angular options for Horizontal Profile in the Object Settings section.

Changes to the Vertical Profile will affect the object's dimensions. The same object was used in the examples below; only the Vertical Profile changed. The Smooth object is 65.3mm wide while the Angular object is 79.5mm wide – a 14.2mm difference!

The Smooth vertical profile gently transitions between A, B, C, D, E values

The Angular vertical profile creates crisp corners between A, B, C, D, E values

A, B, C, D, E Sliders

Adjust these 5 sliders to transform the curve that defines the profile (or shape) of your POTTERWARE Object.

These values are initially set in millimeters, but can change based on the Scaling Options set in Object Settings. When your POTTERWARE Object is scaled, the proportion between these control points will be retained and stretched to fit.

Note that due to rounding when accounting for the object's Layer Height and curves from its Horizontal Effects and Vertical Effects, the numbers might not line up exactly. Object dimensions may be a few millimeters larger or smaller than the intended goal.

Scaling with A, B, C, D, E

In the examples below, our object has a maximum A, B, C, D, E value of 100 and an object height of 100.

Uniform scaling — The maximum value of the **A, B, C, D, E** sliders is `100` and the object has a Uniform Scaling of `1`.
The scale of `1` × the maximum dimension of `100` = `100mm`. Our scaling is uniform, so that is both the length and width of our object.

Sinewave — The maximum value of the **A, B, C, D, E** sliders is `100` and the object has a Non-Uniform Scaling of `X = 1.5` and `Y = 1`.
On the `Y` axis, the scale of `1` × the maximum dimension of `100` = `100mm` object length.
On the `X` axis, the scale of `1.5` × the maximum dimension of `100` = `150mm` object width.

Visualization

Choose whether POTTERWARE should display curves (a thin line), extrusion (thicker lines, like the extruded clay), or image map (coming soon).

Curves render the fastest, but your design may be hard to see.

Extrusion allow you to see effects more clearly, but may take longer to render when you make changes. You can adjust this with the Render Quality settings. Extrusions also do not account for gravity, so high-amplitude designs will still show loops that go "out" rather than hang down.

Image Map shows a 3D visualization of your image as it wraps around the basic form. This mode does not show the individual extruded layers. Image Mapping only applies when an image has been mapped to your surface in the Object Settings section.

Curves visualization mode — The **Curves** mode uses fast-rendering, thin lines

Extrusion visualization mode — The **Extrusion** mode is closest to a real print

Image mapping visualization mode — The **Image Map** mode can help you evaluate the depth and positioning of your image without extrusion lines

Render Quality

Lower values are faster to load, but less accurate. Higher values have smoother lines and gentler shadows, more like what you would see in real life.

If you are creating a complex surface design and using the extrusion visualization mode, we recommend a lower render quality while editing your form.

Low-quality rendering — This rendering is on the lowest value

High-quality rendering — This rendering is on the highest value

The render quality does not affect the "Curves" visualization mode.