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lvgis
10-23-2006, 04:20 PM
hi all, i'm new to maya and currently i need help with modelling a curtain that looks realistic. I tried out with CV curve tool and i had adjusted the vertex in and out to make the wavy look,then i loft it..but the result is terrible. I guess what i did is not very right..so could anyone out there show me the steps of how to model the curtain?? Thx lot yar!!!
newellteapot
10-24-2006, 02:21 PM
Hi!

You could do a cloth simulation if it rellay needs to look spot on, but I believe that a bit of good old box modeling and fiddling around with vertices would do just fine.
I would use a plane with quite a few subdivisions and create the folds manually.
Do you have a sketch of what you want it to look like?
lvgis
10-26-2006, 11:17 AM
ya..i've tried to use nurbs plane, but it's still erm...look fake.hmm..it's just the normal type of curtain i think. i wanted to upload the images of "my curtain" and the reference picture of the curtain..but here only accepts URL..hmm..
newellteapot
10-26-2006, 01:50 PM
Hi!
try to upload the picture again, maybe it's the wrong format or size.
Without seeing a picture, the only thing I can advise you to do is to look at it and try to understand what makes it look fake.
Also, I would use polys and not nurbs.
:)


ya..i've tried to use nurbs plane, but it's still erm...look fake.hmm..it's just the normal type of curtain i think. i wanted to upload the images of "my curtain" and the reference picture of the curtain..but here only accepts URL..hmm..
newellteapot
10-26-2006, 01:51 PM
edit: double post please delete!



Hi!
try to upload the picture again, maybe it's the wrong format or size.
Without seeing a picture, the only thing I can advise you to do is to look at it and try to understand what makes it look fake.
Also, I would use polys and not nurbs.
:)


ya..i've tried to use nurbs plane, but it's still erm...look fake.hmm..it's just the normal type of curtain i think. i wanted to upload the images of "my curtain" and the reference picture of the curtain..but here only accepts URL..hmm..
lvgis
10-27-2006, 08:47 AM
oops,sry..i didn't see the attachment below... nah..here's my pictures. the first one is the curtain and the other one is my modeling,which really sucks,haha..
I tried both polygon and nurbs..for the one that i showed,is using nurbs.anyway..both are bad..
how can i improve it?
p.s. Thx for helping me.:)
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