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aor
05-06-2003, 06:56 AM
hey all..

so im working on a Lamborghini Murciélago.. aren't we all:p

i was working on this last year.. kinda got distracted, busy and what have you.. but now im back on it.. and i have a problem.. for those of you who know the car, this will make sense.. for those of you who don't, refer to the attached image..

there is a "crease" on the front sides of the car... it isn't really a crease, more of a visable line.. its common on many cars. I, however, cannot for the life of me figure out how to make this look good. I found a tutorial on smoothing groups, but that didn't seem to be going in the right direction. I found a thread on cgtalk about "local control", but again, wrong direction. so basically, im asking.. how do i do this? were either of those right, and im just stupid? realize, im essentially a complete noob. well.. not really.. but this is a challenging project for me..

thanks!

http://www.geocities.com/thebandneo/lambofront.jpg


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http://www.geocities.com/thebandneo/lambofront.jpg
aor
05-06-2003, 07:04 AM
gah


it worked int he preview.. lemme fix the pic

ok, i think i got it..thanks!

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btw, anybody have any suggestions for good free servers? ive been meaning to check that out, and since im having probs w/ geocities, just thought id ask.. thanks!
gaggle
05-06-2003, 09:14 AM
Horray for geocities.

I for one can't see the pic.
CapnPanic
05-06-2003, 03:03 PM
as for geocities, you just have to copy and paste the link into a new window, then it works

assuming you are using poly modeling and max 5 for this, all you should have to do is take the edge you have at that crease right now and chamfer it a little bit. this should, when the caris meshsmoothed, give you a sharper edge there, such as the car has. you will probably have to play around a bit to get the chamfer amount right, as that really depends on teh scale of your car, etc.

some may tell you to use vertex weighting on the meshsmooth there, but from what i understand that jacks your mapping all up, so i say just go with a chamfer on the edge :)
aor
05-06-2003, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by Capn_Panic
assuming you are using poly modeling and max 5 for this, all you should have to do is take the edge you have at that crease right now and chamfer it a little bit.

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thanks... chamfer... a word i understand (been using autocad for years).. im at school now, so when i get home, i'll give that a try... havn't used it in 3dsm, but i imagine i can figure it out..

thanks again! i'll post the result..


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