@BladeSharpe looks like you're almost there. Exspanding upon zachagreg's well thought out examples that really is a key aspect to think about or in other words pre-planning prior to modeling anything, will mostly mitigate potential problems from occurring, any how a few additional points to keep in mind: 1. Where possible…
@byas There's a few different ways to approach this. One way to optimize for limited mesh density and overall sharpness is to block out the basic shapes to establish the basic topology flow. Then use a bevel / chamfer operation to add a set of consistently spaced support loops that automatically use 2 to 1 loop reduction…
Ok so here we go @rogue1 Proportions might still not be correct, I was not really going for that! Adjust segmentation for your needs. ... Im showing a sequence, steps after each other... - On the first one, we can see a 64 sided cylinder - other segmentations would probably work too. - On the second one we can see a 1/8th…
I am trying to match shape II in the picture below. Shape I is my attempt. My method is to use a rectangle and make the lower face smaller. Then I put an edge loop between the top and bottom face, push it out aways, and bevel it. However, the bevel only goes between the top face and the mid point. I need an even…
Hey shape modelers! So I had a few people ask me at work how I add cylinders into cylinders etc, so I did a little breakdown on how I approach it. Here is my image breakdown: So.. 1. firstly I created a plane with divisions equal to the power of 2 (in this case 32). 2. I created two cylinders as reference to cut into my…
Hey guys. Just when i was thinking I am getting better at this I run in to another situation. I am uploading an image with example of what I don't understand. I am also not looking for a solution for this exact situation but trying to understand how it works. So I have a shape and I have to cut out a hole from it. (like in…
@dm3d Ima chime in because you were on the right track from the start, you just didn't make your supporting edgeloop follow the zigzag at the top. I started with a 100sided cylinder because I wanted 5 sides for each slope cut so I would end up with double edgeloops for that crisp cnc look 1 shows the same edgeloop you did,…
@LostPigMessenge Pinching is mainly derived from an extreme diagonal low poly face transition between circular support and rectangular boundary edges once subdiv was applied. Now in my opinion a quadified sphere is the most optimal object to use in this type of situation so you were actually on the right track too begin…
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,…
I thought this workflow might help some of you. This is one of my favorite workflows for creating certain hard surface parts is using a little workflow called "Pattern Creation & Deformers" Let’s model the magazine of a machine gun with the following workflow: 1) Break down the model into a repetable pattern, so the bulk…