@Yogifi There's a lot to unpack but the answer to most of these questions is: it often depends. There's a significant amount of overlap between poly modeling and subdivision modeling but they are still distinct processes that require slightly different approaches. What's "right" or "best" depends entirely on how a model…
@aabdulrahman https://polycount.com/discussion/226803/hello-professionals At a glance, it seems as if your model is based off a US design with tapered hydrant outlets. So here's an optional simplified solution too your topology query plus keeping in mind when implementing a mostly manual editing approach, it's acknowledged…
I really liked the simplicity of Perna's approach so I decided to have a go at it without the Quad Chamfer modifier, and using again using Open Sub-Div. I'm trying to get used to using Open SubDiv so this was a learning experiment! Without Quad chamfer both required a fair about of cleanup to control edge hardness. Using…
OK steps as promised. 1: Lay out some guide splines along the major curves so you can snap to them later. (or extrude them and use as boolean cutting surfaces maybe) Note that the splines are at low interpolation settings so their points are easier to use as guides. Build the main body from a cylinder or cube primitive,…
Hi everyone, I've spent quite a bit of time getting the following form correct: I'm talking specifically about the black bolt in the middle. It seems like a normal round bolt but with a number of cuts made out and a slanting edge upwards, which ends in a curve. After trying many different approaches, this is the best I've…
Bear with me, i fucked up the shape (no ref used) But. 1. Create the main shapes that define your object 2. Create the part that will be subtracted or added to your primary shapes. For ex. The big cylinder in the middle is to cut a curve into the base big rectangular shape. However the spherical shape (the sphere that is…
No no @perna its fine to get critics from somebody. Im happy to be here, so somebody can kick my ass and not just talking its fine what im doing. But would be better if there is some constructive criticism and not just you need to start from scatch xD You also need to know. I never heard about modeling with the chamfer…
Well, I did use subdiv modelling in the past but once Zbrush got sub-projection slider in its dynamesh and a density picker I gradually stopped to do subdivids at all. Then a few years later I stopped to do hi res models for hard surface things too mostly because of rounding corners shaders + adding details straight inside…
@chopsuey Hey bud, this is the classic "cutting a hole in a cylinder" problem. I suggest you look through this thread for some learning, because this is just one method to do this. In short why you're getting stretchy no-no's is because you made an extrusion at the cylinder's established edge, and you are NOT allowed to…
@lammer_228 Overall it looks like you have the right idea. Whether or not the shape is correct depends on what the model will be used for (hero prop, background prop, minor environment clutter, etc.) and whether or not the model needs to closely match the reference images. A lot depends on where the object will appear in…