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Old 16th July 2006, 06:42 PM   #1
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alright people. I have been asked by several of you about my panel method. In this Tutorial I will show you the basic of what I have developed over the past few months. I will also tell you the down side of my method. yes there is a down side to it as with any method.

anyways as you see in this link
http://users.techline.com/drreed/panel%20tut.png

there are three objects. alright cockpits lol. anyways there are three cockpits. study them carefully notice what I have done if not I will explain further.
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Old 16th July 2006, 07:07 PM   #2
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heres another pic veiw of a better explination
http://users.techline.com/drreed/panel%20tut2.png

as you can see here the same three cockpits. you can do something like what I have or make a simple block. either way you will get same results. okay as you see on the first cockpit to your left there is really nothing there. but when you go over to the object in the middle you will notice that on the inside cockpit. there are four lines one on the upper right hand side. on the upper left hand side. the same with the bottom.

okay select two vertices on either side it doesn't matter just as long as the vertices are at a vertical angle. select your two vertices now hit the CTRL-SHIFT-L keys on your computer this will enable you to create any lines on a single surface. now repeat the same process on the other sides.

now we will go to the last cockpit on your right hand side. notice there is a pattern like design on it with a circle in the middle. to achive this select the inside surfaces not crossing the boundries you just set with the new lines you created. okay once those surfaces are selected hit the duplicate key also known as CTRL-D hit those keys and then you should have some sorta pattern like what I have.

there you guys go my little benefit to all users of ac3d. I hope you find this helpful.
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Old 16th July 2006, 07:17 PM   #3
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feel free to email here or if you are still confused on my method if you have msn add me nightoftheroundtable@hotmail.com
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Old 17th July 2006, 01:59 AM   #4
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feel free to email here or if you are still confused on my method if you have msn add me nightoftheroundtable@hotmail.com
Indeed what you show us is not very clear.
If I understand well, you duplicate the diamond-shaped surfaces at the middle of your cockpit, down-size the whole thing, then you seem to insert some vertices, and then move them to have a kind of round surface ...
But then ?
You now have two surfaces, one inside/on top at the other.
If you delete the duplicated surfaces at this point, you will basically go back to the second cockpit shape. Because that duplicated surface is not part/merged with the original one ...
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Old 17th July 2006, 12:14 PM   #5
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well what you can also do to have just one shape in there is to combine the shape that you dont want with the rest of the cockpit. say like you dont really want the first design pattern just combin it with the cockpit. or with the original shape you started out with which was four blocks. there should be little triangle corners on each side alls you have to do is select the unwanted shape combine it with the original square thus leaving you with a circle.
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Old 17th July 2006, 12:19 PM   #6
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see thats the whole idea of my panel method my goal is to eliminate the use of merging and using the mirror tool. still if my way is unclear I have another one which I will host to where you can see what is going on
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Old 17th July 2006, 03:37 PM   #7
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I give up nightoftheroundtable.

The whole thing It's too unclear for me, from the beginning to the end.

And I'm afraid another example won't change anything to that.

But don't worry, it's me, I'm tired this evening, and I've sometimes some difficulties understanding english properly and thinking in 3D in this case

Good luck with your Panel Method !
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Old 17th July 2006, 07:49 PM   #8
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okay fine. I will make some revision on rewording what I said. also I will post another more clearer example.
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Old 17th July 2006, 07:57 PM   #9
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meh then I guess this. http://users.techline.com/drreed/panelexample12.png

this example was given to me by another member here in the forums.

I hope this example will be a little bit better.

is there anyone else out there having trouble with me explaining my method.
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Old 18th July 2006, 11:32 AM   #10
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what is this panel thingy? Is it another word for cocpit or what?
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