tire tread tutorials????

[Chappo]

First of all... i wonder why the shout-abuse option hasn't been turned on , on this board.

Second.... for tire treads you can check out a nice tutorial from my main man Deathbrain :)

http://www.animagraph.com.br/DeathBrain/Modeling/tire_tutorial.htm

[dmcgrath]

One thing I would like to comment on, since you are going to the trouble of making the tread in the tire and not just rendering it in.

Vintage cars, and vintage motorcycles (if you are going for the restoration look) should have vintage tires. You want to put a whitewall on it, which is very cool, but you should also do a old tread pattern. I know that there are manufacturers out there that make modern tires with a retro look, but this is just a computer model. So you should push it all the way.
Especially if you want to eventually insert it into a vintage scene. Someone would spot that tread pattern on it in a heartbeat

[XanderFX]

You could also try making a black and white map of the tread in photoshop and then using it as a displacement map on your tire geoetry and them use the modify>convert displacement to polys tool.

also check out www.suurland.com and click on the link for new beetle and he has a tut on car modeling and tire modeling.

[collins63]

THIS MORE THE STYLE BIKE I AM MODELING, I THINK YOUR RIGHT BOUT THE TIRE TREAD, GOING WITH A RETRO LOOK TREAD WOULD BETTER SUIT THE BIKE. THIS PROJECT IS DUE IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH MAYA
THANKS FOR THE HELP AND I WILL BE POST A WIP FILE SO I CAN GET SOME HELP AS I GO.
http://www.flyritechoppers.com/whitneye/flyritechopperscom.nsf/basetest.jpg

[Robken]

http://users.pandora.be/tactics/keyboard4.jpg

thank you

[collins63]

This is more the look i want, can this tread be achieved using this
tutorial:
http://www.animagraph.com.br/DeathBrain/Modeling/tire_tutorial.htm

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/photos/OG/g2790.jpg

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