SubD examples and models

cotty · 21 Oct 2016, 15:58

I like his song "Du findest keine Freunde mit Salat, du findest keine Freunde mit Salat, ..."
Nice model!

HornOxx · 21 Oct 2016, 21:19

@thomthom said:

That's a brilliant model!!

@cotty said:

I like his song "Du findest keine Freunde mit Salat, du findest keine Freunde mit Salat, ..."
Nice model!

Thank you Thomas and Cotty - glad you like the model

Cotty, I only know the Simpson´s Salat song version so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yA4TJ8s5I4

Just to complete this Bender thing, I've made some new facial expressions just by changing Bender´s eyes and his tooth lines, which is quite funny
I have posted these on the 3D Warehouse If someone wants them
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=854df1f5-7dbc-41f4-9291-9a0439ff5dc4

thomthom · 21 Oct 2016, 22:45

So... next step - Fredo's Animator?

HornOxx · 22 Oct 2016, 09:10

@thomthom said:

So... next step - Fredo's Animator?

... I almost can´t wait to test it

cotty · 22 Oct 2016, 13:36

Another simple one...

Rich O Brien · 22 Oct 2016, 13:51

one the hardest transitions to tackle in subd is the pipe perpendicular to a pipe. the poles (5 star) cause the pinching and irregular shape.

Hieru · 22 Oct 2016, 15:05

Funny you should mention it Rich, but that's exactly what I had to deal with the other week.

The general opinion is that you have to increase the detail (segments) of your cylinders.

Bracket.skp

Hieru · 22 Oct 2016, 15:06

And a here's a quick render.

Rich O Brien · 22 Oct 2016, 15:13

when then pipes meeting the surface are smaller than the parent it's tough to keep things cylindrical.

i wish there was a Spherize extension for SU like Blender has.

HornOxx · 22 Oct 2016, 15:21

this is a good model example Hieru thanks for sharing!
In addition to the model´s complexity itself I first assumed that you had managed to make a screw thread inside this cylinder

Hieru · 22 Oct 2016, 15:27

@rich o brien said:

when then pipes meeting the surface are smaller than the parent it's tough to keep things cylindrical.

i wish there was a Spherize extension for SU like Blender has.

Yes, I had to rework things several times until I managed to maintain the cylindrical form.

Hieru · 22 Oct 2016, 15:30

@hornoxx said:

this is a good model example Hieru thanks for sharing!
In addition to the model´s complexity itself I first assumed that you had managed to make a screw thread inside this cylinder

Thanks!

I'll put my hands up and admit that I cheated on the threading. It really wasn't necessary, so I just used a saw-tooth profile. I've done SubD threading before but didn't really have the time for this model.

thomthom · 22 Oct 2016, 15:32

@hieru said:

I'll put my hands up and admit that I cheated on the threading. It really wasn't necessary, so I just used a saw-tooth profile. I've done SubD threading before but didn't really have the time for this model.

I wouldn't call it cheating. No need to use SUbD where it isn't needed. (Or any tool for that matter.)

Hieru · 22 Oct 2016, 17:31

What I mean is that I used a saw-tooth profile rather than threading on the control mesh.

In theory I could have used various modelling techniques on this and combined them, but SubD seemed like the best tool for coping with all the more difficult aspects at once.

I even tried doing this in Moi first - because I was under the impression that it was supposed to be easier to model this sought of thing. The basic form with the tubes and 50% of the bevelling worked a treat, but it crashed and burned when it came to some of the more complex bevelling (where the small tubes meet the base).

HornOxx · 23 Oct 2016, 17:48

Hi
quite similar to Cotty´s example just right above I recently tried this tree-like structure,
which is complete based on an octagonal geometry - This allowed me to start with only a halved
tree first
The first finished "branch fork"(?) I scaled, rotated and varied a little before mounting it to
the previous one then...