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Old 12th November 2007, 03:14 PM   #1
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i wanted to make a tractor with ac3d, but i don`t know how to make traktor wheels with it? here is a picture of the traktor:
i just had made the round wheels insite the big wheel! but i need this gummy thing...
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Old 12th November 2007, 08:39 PM   #2
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Old 13th November 2007, 09:26 AM   #3
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i don`t know i can`t load the file/ image
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Old 13th November 2007, 03:12 PM   #4
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here is a picture...
i want to make this stupid wheels...
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Old 13th November 2007, 04:51 PM   #5
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One of the guys here at the office built a similar tractor. He did the wheels on his by building a single seamless section of tread, and then used the replicator tool to rotate it around the origin to turn it into a wheel.
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Old 18th November 2007, 02:53 PM   #6
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i need a "Tutorial" for the Wheels on the back...
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Old 19th November 2007, 01:33 AM   #7
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I'm not sure you'll find a tutorial that's terribly specific to tractor tires, but Lisa's advice is pretty solid - just build a small section of the tread that will be repeated and replicate that.

There's a tutorial at http://www.supercoldmilk.com/ac3dtut...woody_tire.htm that shows how to make a "normal" treaded tire using this method - you could possibly adapt this to build a tractor tire...

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Old 19th November 2007, 11:01 AM   #8
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thx lisa and dennis, but i need not this round whelle in font of the tractor..i need the wheel at the back... it isn`t a real wheel it just this/a rubber belt

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Old 19th November 2007, 08:08 PM   #9
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Ahh... I see. You mean the tank-tread kind of thing, right?

Hmmm. I'd probably use a similar method. Build a flat plane with a single section of tread on it. Replicate it to make the three straight sections of the triangle. When you get to the part where it needs to curve, use Dennis's knife tool to make a number of even cuts across the tread section cutting it into pieces. Rotate each slice incrementally to make the curve. This might be easier if you set your preferences to rotate around object centres, then adjust the object center to the edge where the two slices touch before you rotate. If your triangle is roughly equilateral, you may only need to do it for one of the curves, then replicate the slices for the other two corners.

Another idea: I haven't tried this so I'm not sure if it would work, but seeing the nifty way that TBD made the pile of bricks the other day, I bet you might be able to do it with greebles. Make the rubber belt by extruding a polyline, then make a custom greeble in the shape of your tread and apply it to the belt.
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