31st March 2007, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
Hello All,
Can anyone help me out here... I am trying to do a Nautical star... Again... trying to do! I attached a line drawing, I wanted it 3D, if you know what I mean. The center would be above everything else...To make the star 3D. Anyone have any ideas/quick tutorial? I am sure it is not tough....probably pretty simple, just my mind is blank.. Thanks, Grease |
1st April 2007, 03:22 AM | #2 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
Hi,
create a 10 segments cylinder in the top view : Now with the "select through" checkbox checked, drag-select the vertice in the center of the cylinder (actually you select both top and bottom vertices) - open the "move toward ..." tool and push the ">" button : Now, just select and move the outer vertices by something like 60% toward the center vertice(s) :
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1st April 2007, 03:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
You should finally end up with that : Reduce the thickness of the star by selecting all the top vertices and moving them a bit down the Y axis : And move a bit the center vertice up the Y axis : HTH !
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1st April 2007, 10:04 AM | #4 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
Wow, so many ways to do things...
A heck of lot easier then what I was doing... To simple! I think, I thought it out to much! Thanks luuckyy.... |
1st April 2007, 10:44 AM | #5 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
I used to have a star plug-in for Ray Dream Studio.
Now I know why it was there. |
1st April 2007, 11:11 AM | #6 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
Don't want to sound stupid or anything...
But, where the heck is the Move Toward or Away tool???? I cannot, for the life of me, find it! Argggg |
1st April 2007, 12:49 PM | #7 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
It's a plugin, have a look in the plugin thread but if you turn the 10 segment cylinder after creation on Y-axis by an amount of 18 degrees, you don't need it (have a try)
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1st April 2007, 12:53 PM | #8 |
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Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star
Whew....
I thought I was losing my mind... Thanks for the advice and I'll have to get the plug-in! G |
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Oops, it is a script, to be found in the script thread (sorry)
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Actually, there's a quicker way for building that star shape (just seen on another 3D app forum) :
Select all the top and bottom vertices (except those in the center), but only 1 of 2 each time : Now just scale the whole thing down by something like 50% (adjust as you need) : And voila ! Quicker right ? I didn't think of that myself the other day
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