vehicle modelling question

[supasye]

also, would you keep all the polygons 4 sided? no triangles?

[scrimski]

hi, when modelling a car, do you model all the panels seperately? or do you model the whole body the detatch the seperate panels?
Sometimes. Depends on the car or object in general.
also, would you keep all the polygons 4 sided? no triangles? Same answer. I try to avoid tris in polymodelling when I have to smooth afterwards, but usually I prefer NURBS for hardbody modeling which result lots of tris when conveting into mesh objects.

[CgCb]

yes I would model the panels separetley, and keep it quads as much as could there will be a few tris and/or n-gons, but strive for quads.

[jmarcus0117]

I agree , I would keep the car panals seperate. Look at how the vehicle is assembled in real life and that may help.

[supasye]

thanks for the info.


modelling a car is harder than i imagined though.

[johnnymoha]

Would your question be for game models or high poly stuff? I make game vehicles and I usually model the exterior and break up into sections of moving parts and such before I go any farther.

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