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Dionicio In reply to waikar3d [2009-12-18 10:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I will work on a quick tutorial later. The biggest help was good selection tools.

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waikar3d In reply to Dionicio [2009-12-18 11:28:18 +0000 UTC]

oh, that'll be great

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Dionicio In reply to BuckWeasel [2008-09-23 23:56:53 +0000 UTC]

No, not at all. That probably woulda kicked up the render time a bit more.

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Dionicio In reply to hihosilver24 [2008-09-08 22:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Yeah I had another technique that worked pretty quickly in Anim8or but it didn't work in XSI, then I tried the bevel thing before giving up. Otherwise it woulda been a pain in the ass... I should mention that with careful edge-selection I reinforced the edges of the wire, otherwise when subdivided it wouldn't look nearly as sharp.

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hihosilver24 In reply to Dionicio [2008-09-09 03:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha yeah of course. In anim8or the edge selection would definitely suck.
I guess one way you could do it in anim8or is creating a flat panel then using a bend modifier or something... but that still takes more time.

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Dionicio In reply to Haven-In-Shadow [2008-09-07 01:38:38 +0000 UTC]

Nope! No textures at all What I roughly did was make a cylinder, with 64 divisions (along U) and 14 divisions (along V)... Then I selected the points on the cylinder, beveled them to create a diamond shape, then selected those edges and beveled those to make the the initial grate. After that I did some more edge selection (only along the ones that intersected each-other after being beveled) and selected the adjacent polygons... Which basically selected the polygons that would be the grate. I went to invert selection to pick the polygons that would be the holes in in the grates, extruded them inwards and deleted the left over polygons.

It sounds more complicated than it is But after a couple of tries it was pretty simple.

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Haven-In-Shadow In reply to Dionicio [2008-09-07 02:48:17 +0000 UTC]

Nice. What was the poly count on it?

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Dionicio In reply to Haven-In-Shadow [2008-09-07 10:07:36 +0000 UTC]

59,768 polygons before being subdivided twice, and there's three meshes total (the grate, the brown can inside it, and the lighter-colored lid on top the grate)

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Haven-In-Shadow In reply to Dionicio [2008-09-07 17:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Do you just model for the heck of it or are you going to school to use it?

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Dionicio In reply to Haven-In-Shadow [2008-09-07 22:05:54 +0000 UTC]

Currently I just model for the heck of it, I guess. I'm not sure if I'm gonna go to school but I definitely want to build a portfolio and get my name out there, getting something in freelancing at least; if not an actual studio. I'm self taught. What about yourself?

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Haven-In-Shadow In reply to Dionicio [2008-09-07 22:35:43 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to the art institute of pittsburgh for game art and design so I do a good deal of modeling. Right now I'm waiting for freaking UPS to deliver my copy of 3ds max

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Dionicio In reply to Haven-In-Shadow [2008-09-08 23:02:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice... It's always frustrating when you have to wait for a delivery. I envy you for being able to go to the Art Institute, I'd like to attend the Art Institute of Chicago someday.

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Haven-In-Shadow In reply to Dionicio [2008-09-09 01:47:08 +0000 UTC]

It's a lot of loans. . . I'd thought about AI Chicago but decided to go to AIP. The program keeps you busy though

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