How do you begin modeling a room

Talbot

I know it seems like a very basic thing but I'm starting a new project and I would like to start on the right foot.

If you were to model a room, how would you start? Do you line up and merge planes together? Do you make an inverted(material on the inside) box? If you do make an inverted box please let me know how you go about making it inverted.

Thanks.

renderhjs

box -> convert to poly -> select all faces -> flip faces
or
box -> normal modifier -> convert to poly

Talbot

renderhjs wrote: »

box -> convert to poly -> select all faces -> flip faces
or
box -> normal modifier -> convert to poly

Thank you.

bounchfx

depends on the room....

but yeah that's a good way to start I suppose XD

renderhjs

I would also not consider it as general for indoor modeling,- but since in his last question he asked:

..let me know how you go about making it inverted.

in most cases I start building instances or parts of that room or scene and move those alltogether. That way I can model all the detail I want or not while the whole scene still progresses when editing a instance. I guess that is my first aim above anything else - worrying about face normals ect. is then not really a matter as objects get stitched together or moved together in the end.

aesir

I llike to start with the tile-ables that I'll need..and a quick mockup of the scene.

AshleyTayles

Talbot, if it's for that hallway you mentioned in another thread of yours, I suggest building it out of modular pieces.



Look at the supports on the ceiling, see how they split the hallway into sections? Model 1 section and then tile it, add detail like the doors ect, create a few textures, and you'll soon have a base scene to work from.

If it's not that hallway, ignore this post

Talbot

AshleyTales: Yes I am doing that hallway.

I am planning on making a basic geometry and then doing what everyone else is suggesting with instances with repeating geometry.



This is half of the basic geometry.

The only problem I'm having is just navigating around in the perspective viewport. I wish the controls were like UE3... I feel like it is a lot easier to navigate in an indoor environment.

Eric Chadwick

Look up Walkthrough mode in the Help.

Talbot

EricChadwick wrote: »

Look up Walkthrough mode in the Help.

Thanks! That helps me a lot.:)

AshleyTayles

You'd also find it easier if you hid the ceiling when not working on it and vise versa.

Talbot

I just realized that I forgot to snap to the grid... so I started over again. When I tried to make this top point the two polygons made this weird gradient. Anyone know what I did wrong?

AshleyTayles

That's a smoothing error, to get rid of that, in editable poly, select the poly, and on the modifier menu, scroll down to the smoothing group section. Click Clear All. It should then be a solid colour.

Talbot

AshleyTayles wrote: »

That's a smoothing error, to get rid of that, in editable poly, select the poly, and on the modifier menu, scroll down to the smoothing group section. Click Clear All. It should then be a solid colour.

Thank you.