Modular Cathedral ceiling

passerby

wounder if anyone knows of a good approach to build something like this ceiling




was organically trying to use curves and loft, but i really don't know how to work in the spots for the windows into the main arch.

thinking i could worry about the main arch of the ceiling first, than cut a hole where the windows are and extrude in to the wall with the window, but want to see if people got better solutions.

JamesWild

For the arches, I'd build two types, a "full" arch that can butt up against ones to the left/right and go around corners (or a separate corner piece if the edges just don't meet up well in both cases) and a "half" arch that can be terminated by a window.

Start out by making rough blockout arches and making sure they fit together.

JQP

That pic is impressive. Is it a team project, or just something you're doing on your own?

I don't know if you can use this, but I thought it was pretty cool. Found it with a search engine the other day:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/ewhiting/projects/siggasia09.html

Kbrom12

I did a ceiling similar to this one and the technique I went with was just to draw lines. If your a max user you can draw a line and just turn render in viewport on, if you want to get more into it than that. As I did, I made the shapes in a straight line then used a path constraint so they had to follow that first initial line I drew. Hope that makes sense it was the best way I found to do it when I had the same problem.

passerby

Kbrom12 wrote: »

I did a ceiling similar to this one and the technique I went with was just to draw lines. If your a max user you can draw a line and just turn render in viewport on, if you want to get more into it than that. As I did, I made the shapes in a straight line then used a path constraint so they had to follow that first initial line I drew. Hope that makes sense it was the best way I found to do it when I had the same problem.

im not referring to the detail, up there just the overall shape, going to try what JamesWild when i get home.

the detail will be easy, just draw some curves and make then renderable in maya, and add some thickness.