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Offline Shadowknight1

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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #720 on: May 01, 2010, 02:31:46 AM »
Very good!
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #721 on: May 01, 2010, 02:38:48 AM »
Do you know how to use shapemerge?
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #722 on: May 01, 2010, 11:09:26 AM »
No, actually I haven't even heard of it before....lol GOOGLE
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #723 on: May 01, 2010, 11:17:50 AM »
I don't recommend using shapemerge. Its results are very error-riddled.
What I often recommend is going into an Orthographic View. Drawing whatever it is you are "cutting-out" with a spline. Getting the iterations to the point where you want them, and then cutting with snap-to-vertex turned on.

Sort of like this:


Results are much cleaner and much more controlled compared to a shapemerge result, even if it is slower.
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #724 on: May 01, 2010, 11:26:36 AM »
I get it, it sucks, I need to redo it :P j/p.  Thanks for the suggestions :) it's a damned good thing I have a recovery file....
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #725 on: May 01, 2010, 01:09:25 PM »
Quote from: Furyofaseraph on May 01, 2010, 11:17:50 AM
I don't recommend using shapemerge. Its results are very error-riddled.
What I often recommend is going into an Orthographic View. Drawing whatever it is you are "cutting-out" with a spline. Getting the iterations to the point where you want them, and then cutting with snap-to-vertex turned on.

Sort of like this:


Results are much cleaner and much more controlled compared to a shapemerge result, even if it is slower.
That's a neat way.
Shapemerge works fine too, you just need to do a little bit of manual vertex clean up afterwords using the snap tool, actually very similar.
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #726 on: May 01, 2010, 10:41:25 PM »
DJ, question about shapemerge, will it create the round shape of the catamarans???
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #727 on: May 01, 2010, 11:44:33 PM »
You could shape them out over top of the saucer and do a shape merge, yes.

If I were building the ship, I would actually build the catamarans first, and then build the saucer out from there as a splinecage.
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #728 on: May 01, 2010, 11:53:59 PM »
Well, I'm fairly new to making actual models so :P you learn what you can :)

Thanks for your suggestions, I'm definitely gonna need more in the future LOL
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #729 on: May 02, 2010, 12:15:38 AM »
check out some tutorials on splinecaging.  most of my modeling is done that way.
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #730 on: May 02, 2010, 12:25:25 AM »
Quote from: DJ Curtis on May 02, 2010, 12:15:38 AM
check out some tutorials on splinecaging.  most of my modeling is done that way.

EDIT:  Meh...so I'm dumb at the moment LOL could be where I just need sleep, will definitely do on those tutorials... :doh:
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #731 on: May 02, 2010, 08:01:36 PM »
Just wanted to update...I've completed the new catamarans.  They look hella better than the first attempt :) definitely higher poly I will be experementing more with splinecaging for the secondary hull and quite possibly the nacelles.  I want to get this perfect :D
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #732 on: May 02, 2010, 08:57:44 PM »
Quote from: Mark on February 16, 2010, 05:00:06 PM
Well then let Alex Jaeger settle the argument, consider this a present from the Excalibur resources folder :)

Why's the sovereign labeled as a "galaxy class"? :P

Like these projects so far!
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #733 on: May 02, 2010, 08:59:47 PM »
LOL I haven't an idea, been wondering that myself, and thanks Aeries :D I'm doing my best with the limited knowledge I have :)
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #734 on: May 03, 2010, 01:11:05 PM »
An unfortunate update:

I'm temporarily without a monitor LOL So I can't work on any of my projects till I get one :(

It sucks but I will provail damnit  :banghead:
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #735 on: May 03, 2010, 08:12:23 PM »
I know how you feel, I just had to replace my own monitor.

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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #736 on: May 03, 2010, 09:01:19 PM »
Quote from: eclipse74569 on May 03, 2010, 01:11:05 PM
An unfortunate update:

I'm temporarily without a monitor LOL So I can't work on any of my projects till I get one :(

It sucks but I will provail damnit  :banghead:

Blast!
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #737 on: May 03, 2010, 09:33:30 PM »
All is well I can get back to working on the model tomorrow afternoon, my sister is bringing a monitor in the afternoon :).
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #738 on: May 04, 2010, 02:54:08 PM »
I've pushed ahead a little before my monitor went out and created a saucer texture for the Luna.  Half top, half bottom, and I've created my own aztec pattern on the laptop to use when I get the monitor from my sister (thank god for webspace).  Am I crazy for this??? LOL
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Re: Smitherine Productions Works in Progress!
« Reply #739 on: May 04, 2010, 04:06:31 PM »
Crazy can be a good thing.  ;) Best of luck!
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