Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Week2. Modelling from shapes


The shape for chess piece was created in Adobe Illustrator. Then shape was imported to the 3D MAX environment. The pivot point was moved to the point around which the shape will be rotated by axis. Then lathe modifier was used to create a 3D model from the shape. The weld core box was also checked to make a final piece solid.



The wire was made by creating a helix path from splines menu. The circle was drawn for the shape of wire. The compound objects was selected from geometry drop down menu and loft option was chosen. The helix path was selected and assigned with circle shape with "get shape" tool.



Trying to get the 3D object from the shape appears to be a fairly easy task. Lathe tool is very useful when creating a symetrical object like a chess piece above. It basically is just few clicks and takes couple of minutes after some practice. The loft tool is useful when creating a object with shape like circle along the wanted random path which can be created in 3D max or imported from other program like Adobe Illustrator.

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