Fork Lift Truck

Neji

I'm currently attempting to model a forklift truck but I'm just wondering what the best way to smooth will be? The truck is very angular (atm, I'm trying to model the back) but I don't want perfect angles. How would I go about modelling it so that the corners will be nice and smooth? I've tried TurboSmooth but I can't get it right.





I know I'm not very far in but I'm just trying to get the basic shape and figure out the best smoothing options for something like this. I also realise the proportions are off

Mark Dygert

I wouldn't mess around with turbosmooth unless there is a very specific reason. If you're making a high poly model just sub-dividing the model won't add detail it will make it higher poly but those polys will be wasted. Instead probably just put everything in smoothing group 1 and add details and reinforce edge as needed to control the smoothing.

THE 5

Since it is completely angular you could try this:

• Make your smoothing groups the way the final models planes will be smoothed (just as you got it right now).
• Add a turbosmooth modifier with approx. 2 iterations and check "seperate by Smoothing groups". The model should still not have smooth corners at this point but will be tesselated.
• Now Add another turbosmooth on top with approx 2 iterations. The hard corners you got before schould now be nicely rounded.

Though, what Vig said is probbably the better choice if you want to learn something, since his method can be used generally and not only for hard corners like these.

Neji

and reinforce edge as needed to control the smoothing.

Sorry to sound dumb but how would I go about doing that on this model? I first tried adding extra edge loops but wasn't sure how to do it cleanly with edges coming together.

AlecMoody

you could start with chamfering edges and then being careful to clean up errors that it will inevitably create

ghaztehschmexeh

Necro.....

leleuxart

Dravid's account was just created this morning and this is the first post. He literally took Mark's post and used synonyms for some of the words. Fishy :shifty:


or spam.

ghaztehschmexeh

lol, it got removed, wonder what that was about...