Make wires 3Dmax

Darkstain

Hi guys,
I am new with 3D max, I have a question because Im stuck on this part.
I want to something like this




I already modeled the based, and Im stuck with the wires. Is there anyone knows how to make the wires? I tried using vertex snap (snap one by one) it is quite complicated. Maybe use another software like zbrush?

Thank you in advance for the help.

Neox

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=17987&sid=bc8aa22a17e15e002f267602b8a6509c

Steppenwolf

I'm no expert but what i would probably try is to make splines for the direction of thebranches. Then make some long and curled helixes, add an path deform modifier to each and assign the splines as paths. Then perhaps convert the helixes to editable spline and tweak in the irregularities via soft selection. Or maybe give some other modifiers a try.

edit: ok Neox seems to have a way better solution

Darkstain

Neox wrote: »

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=17987&sid=bc8aa22a17e15e002f267602b8a6509c

Its quite complicated, but Im gonna try it THAANKS for the link!

Steppenwolf wrote: »

I'm no expert but what i would probably try is to make splines for the direction of thebranches. Then make some long and curled helixes, add an path deform modifier to each and assign the splines as paths. Then perhaps convert the helixes to editable spline and tweak in the irregularities via soft selection. Or maybe give some other modifiers a try.

edit: ok Neox seems to have a way better solution

Ive tried that, my max keep crashing because of it, or maybe my laptop is not powerful enough

Darkstain

@neox: Ive followed all the steps, and in the end I got this error about "particleIndex" in $wind:wind01 , have you tried this tutorial before?

Neox

no i didn#t i just remembered the wire statues made with pflow, thats what i googled for

onionhead_o

wireBundler from Neil Blevins

demonstration
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/wirebundler/wirebundler.htm

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/wirebundler