Ok back on track, Bitmap, I seem to recall you doing a tutorial on making a hex-nut. If it wasn't you it certainly was someone using Modo. I'm making a hex nut now and am having troubles cutting the circle into the middle of a 6 sided hexagon. Should I start with the circle first and then harden 6 sides on the outside? ref…
Question: How would one subD model a hexagon into a curve? My brain can't do it. I've tried a few different ways straight modeling. My thought is maybe subd the curve surface. Then Boolean/cut in the hex hole on the high poly handle. I would like to do it low poly and let the subD do the work if possible. The actual…
Not that close, I have 6 references and they all differ slightly , but yeah I need to make the handle wider either way....and they are hexagons :poly124: Thanks that's helpful , I'm only a few days into sub-d modeling and it isn't as easy as it looks. Yup, I'm still at a stage where I don't know what to add and when, ie:…
AFAIK, a sphere that's only made of hexes is geometrically impossible. The subject has been extensively covered elsewhere. For example, http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/modeling/hexagon-ball/td-p/4021084 The reference picture just happens to not show the pentagons, but they must be there Anyway, starting from a Geosphere,…
I made this hex thing, but now that i did found it to be too thick and not only that, i found i cant replicate it easily for it to connect together to form a fence or something. Should i start over or there a secret way to do this? and I watched the knurl video above, i ended up with the same issue, basically going for…
Back to the geodesic dome problem. I modeled out a hex with a raised center and then extruded some platforms and then duplicated it out into a square array. I tried to use a couple of non-linear bends to make it into a dome but it's pinching one of the axes. I figure this is the way to do it though if only I could figure…
My question what exactly you want to describe the top shape of this object? -->Is it circular or hexagonal? I mean the surface that 2 boxes extrude up from. See 2 cases below: * If it's hexagon, then logically there has to be pinch in transition between hex and circular. (IMO, It's about geometrical rule, where the angle…
Well, Spent most of the night learning how not to make it. This is where i ended up: Geo sphere with 1 segment. Chamfer all verts until tris and pents Weld Use select similar always every time every day delete tris scale all faces locally Bridge/cap/remove edges to span the gaps. or user "create" plolies I suppose. connect…
@juanoblagu Those decimations look perfectly fine. @ArsenyZvonar First off, nice post! the amount of energy and time you put into this makes me want to give you my time and energy. When you cut holes in curved surfaces, you should match the cutting geometry to the surrounding mesh so that the quads can flow nicely. These…