Some tips and tricks from out of the Box
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Here's a simple one, just demoing the basics of building a shape as a solid. No detail in the teeth or accurate dimensions but it was done to show the process.
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@jljolin said:
I’m definitely following this thread and intend to go back and try to recreate the lessons in each gif. I didn’t find the questions and comments distracting, as some of the questions were ones I had myself!
same here!
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Sorry, not a tip or trick as such, but an experiment in mostly SUbD and Clothworks for making chain mail.
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What size are they?
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One of them is a shoulder. But you guys can look at things your own way.
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@box said:
One of them is a shoulder. But you guys can look at things your own way.
Be buggered if I can see a shoulder...
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Ok, enough renders for now.
How to make a twisted cable.
The plugin off screen is Fredo's Twisting.
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Prima again !
after you have already twisted all the cables, about in the middle of the gif you delete 5 outer cables to copy the remainig outer one again around the middle axis 5x again - what makes this new copy step necessary? -
It's not technically necessary, but the twist has made them all unique components even though they are identical. By replacing them they become instances of one component rather than 6 separate components, this saves file size and makes it easier to modify them if I need to in future.
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@box said:
Ok, enough renders for now.
How to make a twisted cable.
The plugin off screen is Fredo's Twisting.Mmmmm, licorice.
Nice thinking, mate.
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@utiler said:
Mmmmm, licorice
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Here's a little demo of making a very smooth tapered spindle. The pitch, length and number of threads is up to you.
This is a single thread using four helices at 90deg. The method creates a large file size, so not for general work, more for 3d printing types of work where you want a very smooth surface.
There is one point where a menu item is off screen, it is just Explode, to put the helices and cylinder into the same context.
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Haven't posted anything here for quite a while, so here is my 'Ikea Chess Set' and the basic method for creating them using Thomthom's Truebend.
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I like the way you think, Box.!
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I don't think the rest of the voices would agree with you.
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@utiler said:
I like the way you think, Box.!
I agree !! (sorry Box ) -
@hornoxx said:
(sorry Box)
I don't know about this, the rest of the voices in my head are arguing about it. -
... such a great and complex task again - truly admirable! (still I search unsuccessfully the IKEA context, did they sell this sometime?
) Somewhere you mentioned (more or less) that it is hard to distinguish black and white figures - that's true. I would love to see some more details?and Utiler is right anyway !!
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