Hole in Cylinder, whats the best way?

Gazu

Yo PCs!

Whats the best Way to model in a Hole in a Cylinder?
Or is it better to make Holes just with Texture, i mean with Alpha Mask.

I need it both, for HP and LowPoly.

Gazu

.Wiki

On which part of a cylinder do you want to make a hole? Can you show your actual model?

SuperFranky

Check this out http://jokermartini.com/holey-tube/

Gazu

I want to make something like this:

Gazu

Hey thanks for this.
I will try this out.

Is there any ReadMe for HoleyTube?
Using Max15, and nothing happeny when i move the file into the viewport.

SuperFranky

If you want to make holes by hand, just start with a basic plane with a level of subdivision you need and make holes there and just apply the bend modifier to bend your plane into a cylinder.

Gazu

So the Tool wont work with 15?
But good Idea with the Plane. I will give it a try.

But the Tool would be nice ^^

Edit:
Ok it works, have to select HoleyTube as new Geometry ^^

Nam.Nguyen

it's depend on what kind of hole you're trying to make

if you just need a bunch of holes in a cylinder, then I guess the easiest way is make a plane with holes and bend it 360 degree ( you could subdivide it once for a smoother result )

SpeCter wrote: »

The idea itself isn´t that bad, but the geometry isn´t good enough to hold the form of the holes.Therefore you get these weird lumpy holes. Like said many times before ADD MORE GEO :P

I made an example which does it´s job:


If you have max 2010(or higher) you can take a look at it directly:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1114083/barrel.max

If not, this is the obj:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1114083/barrel.obj
Just add a shell modifier(if you want thickness, set it segments to about 3-4)
Then add a Turbo Smooth modifier on top.

edit: oop! a bit too late but I think it'll still help, and your shape is not a perfectly cylinder, so it actually easier to make holes, you could use proboolean if you like, make one hole and duplicate it horizontally then weld.

Gazu

Thanks Guys you are very Helpful

Mark Dygert

Gazu wrote: »

I want to make something like this:

That probably breaks down in to several pieces. Yep looks like it does [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/TFC-Aluminium-RIS-System-Airsoft/dp/B00HKZOS2O/ref=sr_1_15?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1403184909&sr=1-15"]TFC M4 Aluminium RIS System for Airsoft M4 & M15 series: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors[/ame]


Even if it wasn't made up of individual pieces, there are enough breaks that you could model it in pieces and no one would ever know.


As for making the hole: Cut an X across 4 quads then chamfer the center vertex.

Gazu

Nice!
Learned something
Big Like!