Hi everyone, I'm working on a rendition of Pete Norris' Honda Chopper in 3DsMax, and I'm having some trouble with the motorcycle's body. The collage shows what my attempt looks like before and after smoothing. While the high poly seems to be working somewhat (strangely enough), there's still some tiny pinching in some…
another approach that give you more control of how smooth the edges are. Notice that in reference image, the vertical edge is more round than the others. When you cut the corner from a "cube-sphere" you have to cut it evenly for all edge, and after that you have verry little control over edge smoothness
Hmmm, alright, I'll try that. Thanks guys. Edit: Question though: if I get the shape right with the edgeflow in for an easy cut-out, wouldn't smoothing it (like actual smoothing, not the preview) smooth out everything and I'll lose the edge contours I want? Example: Since this surface is a little curved, manually moving…
Posted this in your thread Tycho, hope its of help. Stuck it in here for keeps sake too. Step 1: create a plane completely flat, with your shapes cut out of it. I started with a rectangular spline, filleted the edges and extruded from there then just duplicated along. If you start with a spline the curve should be perfect…