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Old 10th August 2013, 07:12 PM   #1
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Ever since I saw 'The Lorax' I have loved the idea of a mono scooter. A single wheeled gyroscopically stabilised ride-about. So here is my version of the mono-scooter.
Started with the tyre which is a simple circle extruded along the path of another circle, at right angles to the original. The tread was created by extruding every other single surface in one row, creating a mirror of that in the x axis and then duplicating and revolving, repeating the duplication and revolving steps until the whole tyre is completed.
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I then added a cowling over the tyre, along with a motor cover.
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Old 10th August 2013, 07:18 PM   #3
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Next comes the rider's seat which is mounted on the wheel cowling. Mounted through the motor housing is a 'crash' bar.
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Handlebars, mounted on the front. The handlebars have a display attached to them giving the rider a digital display of speed, power output and efficiency, etc. The handles have the detail of grip and thumb buttons for various functions.
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Main body of the scooter with the handlebars in place.
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And the finished scooter, fully lit and textured in Bryce.

I've added a set of twin retro-style headlights. There are also two LED indicators mounted in the crash bar. At the back, not visible in this shot is a single red brake light.
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Old 19th April 2014, 02:44 AM   #7
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Interesting to see the project expand with details. The extra effort spent smoothing parts is worth while. Quite handsome.




































































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Old 20th April 2014, 06:08 AM   #8
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Hi Merlin

Like everyone else I am very impressed by your mono-scooter. I notice you used Bryce for lighting and texturing. One of the things that has put me off using AC3D much is the faffing about using Povray for applying textures and rendering.

I managed to download (950mb+) Bryce 7 pro yesterday for the princely sum of £4.90 so I thought I would trying using it with AC3D.

Obviously I will have to do a bit of reading about how to use Bryce but could you just give me a clue how you get your model to appear smooth in Bryce renders. I made the simple chair below in AC3D and the frame appears reasonably smooth while in AC3D but not once it has been imported into Bryce. I take it you export / import in .3ds format?

Any tips appreciated.

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Old 21st May 2014, 06:22 PM   #9
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Hi Paul,

Thanks for your comments. I do indeed use Bryce for all of my renders. To date I have not had any issues. I am not sure how you modelled your tubular chair support but whenever I make anything tubular I always subdivide it to ensure it is as smooth as possible. The monoscooter had a lot of subdivided parts - many of my models do. Before exporting to Bryce go to the 'Object' tab on the top toolbar, drop down to 'Commit Subdivision', and then export to Bryce. Depending on the size of the model or part I export in .3ds or if the piece is small and simple enough I use Wavefront OBJ.

There are smoothing tools in Bryce as well. Once you have imported your model, hit the E button linked to your model and a small screen pops open - Edit Mesh. Experiment with that and watch your imported model smooth out in front of your eyes.
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