Question about workflow, post-blockout

JSpec

Hey guys, I am currently working on the interior of a cockpit. The cockpit will be viewed from a first person perspective and will have various panels, cables, gauges, controls, etc that will be fairly detailed. I am trying to find the best way to continue after my rough blockout phase. Ideally, I would like to simply model my high poly / modify the concept geometry in its current position so that I keep proportions and positioning correct, keeping the overall scene correct. This is a problem because the geometry pieces have various transformations that make them hard to work with.

I am not sure what an effective approach to this is. Should I recreate each piece at the origin and then recreate the final scene after the pieces are completed?


The blockout is done in maya and I will be taking certain pieces into zbrush.

Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated.

BARDLER

I don't know if you have any rigging knowledge, but you can use self grouping and parenting to retain transformation information. So for example model a little panel flat, group it, and then rotate that group into place. You wont have any transformations on the any geo, just the group. You can keyframe the group to quickly snap them back and forth as you need them, and anything you add to that group will inherent those transformations.

JSpec

Ah, I didn't think of doing it that way. Thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a shot.

JSpec

Yeah, this was exactly was I was looking for. I am getting a lot more control now.