Phillips Screw Head

Maxim

Hey I am currently having trouble subd modeling a screw head such as this. I can get the x in the middle but when I put in support edges, it takes away the roundness of the screw. Does anyone have a way around this? I have tried looking through the forums even at the how do you model dem shapes thread but have not found anything that really helped. If anyone cant let me know I would appreciate it.

Thanks
-M

Ben Apuna

This is how I did one, not exactly the same kind of screw though...

glynnsmith

Stuff like this shout be posted/asked in the relevant thread

But!

http://vimeo.com/3223611

ivars

Those are great examples.

Here's a really fast way to do it...

Maybe not so accurate though :P

thomasp

if it doesn't have to subdivide perfectly you could try using boolean operations. with a little cleanup they can produce good results if your geometry is relatively dense.
in case you're using max, go for pro-booleans over the standard ones.

Maxim

Thanks for the help guys. Ivars I dont see any attached thumbnails at the moment. I like the examples but I am trying to figure out how to get hard edges on the T shape but not affect the rest of the screw. Should I just detach it?

Pedro Amorim

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/ScrewMe.avi

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/Screw2.obj

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/Bolt2.obj

You are welcome

Maxim

thanks very much! :-D

Mark Dygert

I was wondering how long it would take for that to pop up. Heh. I even went looking for it but you hid it in your dropbox.

aphixe

Pedro Amorim said:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/ScrewMe.avi

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/Screw2.obj

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93793/Screw/Bolt2.obj

You are welcome

Anyone or pedro have these files. I'm curious to learn from them