Re: Hexagon 's Hidden and Latent Effects... - Smoothing in the VM 2005-05-26 - By ccoles_avengers
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Hi Tina,
Wow, a giraffe! What a challenge. :)
There are two approaches/parts to smoothing in the VM, the first is
with what is called "Smooth Edges", and the second one is "Subdivision
Smoothing" (which is similar to the one in Hexagon and somewhat, AMAPI).
They, for the most part, work together whereby you need to highlight
the area which you want to smooth and first select "Selection > Smooth
Edges" and hit "okay" to the default "Angles less than..." setting of
"50.00". The go over to the Properties Tray tab and go to Model >
Selection > Subdivision > Smooth, and set your Subdivision Level
between 1 to 5 depending on the smoothness you desire. You should
then see that part of your model as being smoothed.
Now one big thing that is MISSING in Hexagon that the VM does rather
nicely is just what I mentioned above: you can actually make
*selections* of the areas that you want smoothed, while leaving other
areas creased. I really hope that this is something that will migrate
over to Hexagon [actually, I don't think even AMAPI had this
capability (?)]. That would really make Hexagon fly. :)
Well hope that helps. Can't wait to see your giraffe. :)
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
- 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
--- In Carrara@(protected), T.Hopkins7@(protected) wrote:
> Well I am sitting here fooling around while my mechanic is working
on my car. I had to reinstall my Carrara because some extension was
missing. My softimage screwed my programs up and I had to remove it.
That's another story. So I went in after reading this email and was
fooling around with the VM modeling a giraffe. Yes, a giraffe! So I
was just wondering how to smooth the extrusion out from my giraffe.
Any ideas? Thanks.
> Tina
>
> -- ---- ------ Original message -- ---- ------
> Okay, so I was tinkering in the CS' Vertex Modeler, and a light bulb
> went on! Literally! I started modeling in the VM like I would
> normally model in Hexagon and I was able to actually model something
> and get basically the same results I have been getting in Hexagon! I
> am actually undertanding the VM now *because* of Hexagon. For those
> who have been modeling with the VM all this time without any problem,
> no sweat. But I have struggled many times and have given up even
> using the VM because I felt it was too cumbersome at times. Now with
> having a few weeks of Hexagon under my belt, I am able to tackle the
> VM with more ease that I never experienced before! :) So Hexagon has
> now become more valuable to me than I had originally anticipated.
>
> Well, I am going to keep plugging away at Hexagon (I still have lots
> more to learn), but I am really happy about this side benefit that it
> has offered me. :)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Claudia
> "Selocic"
> - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
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