another trick for you. 1.a plane with segments 2.ffd2 modifier, to move the plane one square up on the right side. 3. duplicated it 9 times and snapped it. 4. bend modifier 5. bridged the opening between the openings 6. subd version.
Build the whole thing without doing the indent. Basically 1. Modell the thing 2. Extrude in the part you want to be the Hatch 3. Extrude it out 4. Extract that part you want to use as "Hatch" Door. 5. Smooth and see if it fits.
creationtwentytwo, here's what I'd do: 1) subdivide a cube 2) "sphere-ify" it (whatever equivalent your package has) 3) remove uneeded quadrants 4) extrude end edge-loop 5) tweak with more edge loops if necessary
Arnald: delete the offending cap area and either: •Change to subobject level 3 for borders, select the hole border. Click "fill hole" in the Edit Poly rollout. •Apply a fill hole modifier Then a "turn to poly" modifier with the max sides set to 4.
Making the Halo 4 BR I see. That surface looks flat, so you can get away with incorporating it without much consideration into topology. just make a hole, and bridge the border edges. adjust for any weird overlap after turbosmooth.
First you do this: [vv]1496428[/vv] then you do this: 1 - icosahedron 2 - chamfer all vertices 3 - chamfer all vertices 4 - remove all polygons except the pentagons 5 - weld/collapse all the corner/triangle vertices MAGIC!
Just create the base with a high amount of segments. Try it with 72 sements, this will give you 4 polygon-rows per spike. This amount of edges should be enough to create this cogwheel without any support-loops. There is no need to create a lot of support loops manually.
It still needs some optimizing, but should give you one, of many, ways. Clockwise from top left: 1. spline 2. renderable spline converted to mesh 3. delete some edges and caps 4. extrude and refine 5. symmetry 6. smooth
All you need is constrictive geometry. Put an edgeloop on either side of the shape you want to be sharp, like so: If you're planning on ending this as a cylinder, you might wanna start out with an amount of sides that allows these extra 4 edges to flow into the cylinder's shape.
I might be missing something but.. 1. No turbosmooth, all 1 smoothing group 2. No control edges, turbosmooth (2x) by smoothing groups, turbosmooth (2x) normal settings. 3. Control edges, all 1 smoothing group 4. Control edges, turbosmooth (2x) normal settings.