Get learning Anim8or!

LarryG on 21/3/2009 at 19:51

Quote Posted by Nameless Voice

No, it's not correct. But objects of a certain complexity (usually around 1500-2500+ polies) will crash DromEd if you look at them.

I don't think there's an exact limit to the number of polygons, only a vague limit to complexity.

I'm working on an amillary sphere with working axles which is 1379 polys & was worried that it might be too big/complex. I suppose the answer is "It might be." I'll have to try it out, I guess, as soon as I have it textured. I was hoping that I could know that before I texture it and animate it.

Nameless Voice on 21/3/2009 at 20:14

Just try converting the half-finished model before texturing it and seeing if it crashes BSP or DromEd?

LarryG on 21/3/2009 at 21:19

So far so good ... :angel:

crazy4coasters on 25/3/2009 at 03:01

Hi
I've been having trouble with the eggplant tutorial for anim8or. Everything's fine up untill the second modifier you're suposed to make to bend the stem back 60 degrees. Every time i try it, it turns out looking like a broken pillar!! Obviously you all have completed it with ease.
Anybody know how to make the modifier? Plleeease Help!!

R Soul on 25/3/2009 at 16:10

It's probably the case that some parts of the stem were not 'inisde' the original bend modifier. You might need to resize the modifier using the non-uniform scale button, in front view (or back, left or right).

nickie on 25/3/2009 at 17:37

Quote Posted by crazy4coasters

Obviously you all have completed it with ease.

Not at all - it took several tries before I worked out how the modifier should be. It's as R Soul says, but although I don't remember that well, I know I had to make it bigger I think than indicated in the tutorial - or smaller! One or the other anyway. :)

But keep trying - you'll get there.

Zontik on 26/3/2009 at 12:44

The same problem. Trying to bend pipe. I've tried to make modifier:
- the same size as pipe;
- less than pipe;
- more less than pipe;
- bigger than pipe;
- huger than pipe;
- extremely huger...
- inside pipe;
- pipe inside it...
The only result is BROKEN PILLAR. Should I try to change its size from zero to infinity with 0.1 step until it works?!
Don't think I'm crazy but...
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The next two things I'll make in Anim8or will be a rope and a piece of soap.

R Soul on 26/3/2009 at 14:40

The problem there is that the cylinder is a single piece. You need to chop it up horizontally using the cut faces tool (or when you create it initially, set the Lateral divisions to more than 1).

If you're making a new cylinder, or it's still a primitive (yellow bounding box) you can set the divisions via the properties:

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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/cylinder1.gif

If it's already been converted to mesh (white bounding box), you can add divisions manually:
Select 'Cut Faces' tool:

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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/cutfaces1.gif

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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/cutfaces2.gif

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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/cutfaces3.gif

If a bend modifier is applied:

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http://catmanofiowa.com/RSoul/img/cylinder2.gif
There's a slight improvement, but with more divisions it would look even better. The greater the angle, the more divisions you need before applying the modifier.

Zontik on 27/3/2009 at 06:14

I see now!!! Why didn't I guess myself?

Ottoj55 on 28/3/2009 at 00:28

heres a tip, easy texture wrapping on a cylinder. make a four sided n-gon. extrude it into 12 segments and detach 12 of the newly created faces. use the bend modifier to bend it 180 degrees. the end result will be a cylinder. you can merge the nearly overlapped points where the edges meet, and viola, a cylinder is nearly done. just have to create a bottom and top, you'll have to connect the points on the top, select the edges and fill the holes.

now on the texture issue. if you aligned the texture on that flat piece before bending it the texture will be aligned the whole time. texture top bottom and adjust the size of the shape, you can make drums, barrels, pipes, tires. anything, and have the textures line up perfectly.