SKYLAB CHAT

[skylab]

Hope the anim8or info will help all the lurking newbies out there....I noticed the other day that our thread had topped 11,000 hits, so somebody out there is visiting besides our regular group...so hello to the silent observers

 

[Miss B]

Those screenshots remind me of the glasses and plates I made when I played in Rhino3D years ago. IIRC, it's referred to as Spline modeling, as opposed to Polygon modeling. I drew out the shape and then selected an action, the name of which I don't recall, that copied the shape around, and then I just welded the two ends together.

Considering I didn't know that much about modeling back then, it was fun to get nice results so quickly.

 

[Miss B]

I noticed the other day that our thread had topped 11,000 hits

Where do you see that kind of info?

 

[skylab]

Hey, thanks for the tip Miss B...spline modeling....is that where you can draw around a reference photo and come up with a modeled shape? See, I learned something

And about the hits...I found it the other day when the thread was sorta inactive, others posts had it not readily visible, so I went in through Freebie Chat...and lo and behold...we've been busy bees...haha.

 

[Miss B]

Well duuuuuh! I'm so used to seeing the main forum pages, though not in this forum because yours is the only active thread, that I forgot that's where you would see it. :headdesk:

 

[skylab]

Here's the PDF version of the anim8or tutorial, bundled with the two original tutorials that got the modeling ball rolling several years ago. It's a great little program for new-bees, and can't possibly overwhelm your computer resources, even if you're using Windows XP. A lot of people use this type of program to get their first experience, then move up to software of their choice later.

ANIM8OR TUTORIALS

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

Yep. It's visible on every thread if you view the forum listing :

 

[skylab]

Haha...I don't usually go in that way either...so it was a surprise

 

[Miss B]

Hey, thanks for the tip Miss B...spline modeling....is that where you can draw around a reference photo and come up with a modeled shape? See, I learned something

I'm sure you could, but I've used reference photos for poly modeling as well.

 

[Miss B]

Yep. It's visible on every thread if you view the forum listing

Exactly, but I'm so used to hitting this thread directly, because it's usually the only active one, I forgot that's where you see that. After spending so many years on forums, that's one of the things I don't pay much attention to any more.

 

[skylab]

I saw this on YouTube, and was frustrated that they played music, instead of slowing down and actually showing how they did this....they are using anim8or by the way.

 

[skylab]

I modeled a great Charlie Brown head one time, but I could "connect" all the body parts...like, I did the head, and then didn't know how to pull out a neck from that and continue on to the body, so everything was disconnected. I still managed to put it all together, but of course it didn't look right. But I had the idea for a 3D Charlie Brown long before the movie...haha.

 

[skylab]

Believe it or not, here's how I kept track of the measurements, since I didn't know how to do the photo reference correct method....I used an on-screen, transparent ruler...LOL I'd import the primitives into Poser, and put it together there, making minor adjustments where necessary. Then it was a matter of parenting all the parts to the body.

 

[skylab]

Silo has also had an update since the last time I checked...go here for Silo version 2.3.1 update.

Going offline now for dinner, and some rest. Catch you all later

 

[Miss B]

Oh I've had that Silo update for a while, though I'm not exactly sure when I got it. I had tried the 2.3 demo back in late 2013/early 2014, and then waited until I found a really good deal to buy it in July 2014. I just don't recall if that's when the 2.3.1 update was issued, or if it was sometime last year, but it has been a while.

 

[Terre]

Good evening.
Spline modeling is what Jim want's to learn as box modeling isn't something his brain can make sense of.

 

[skylab]

Hey Terre ...maybe he could mess with anim8or some....I've been viewing their forum, and here's a link to add FBX export with rigging to the program. Here's the forum main link...and the development and program specific issues are in the first listing, Anim8or General Forum. This looks right up Jim's alley...rigging a mannequin challenge that they had over the summer.

 

[skylab]

Okay, back offline for a little more rest...later

 

[Miss B]

Rest easy Sky.

 

[Miss B]

Good evening.
Spline modeling is what Jim want's to learn as box modeling isn't something his brain can make sense of.

I find them both equally easy enough to learn if you start small, and work your way up. I've been using Blender for years, and I'm still learning new things, and not just new options/plugins that have been added to the app over the years.