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Need some help with blender: arches, hollow wheels, etc.
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 00:34
by Ichi
I'm working on a coal mine for the graphics replacement in blender and I wonder how you make arches and hollow wheels in blender.
I've seen some in the new graphics allready, but I myself haven't found out yet how to make them, and I can't find any tutorials about it.
Help is highly appreciated!
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 01:46
by Ben_Robbins_
Dunno how you do hollow wheels 'in blender' but extruding the center threw, and then target welding it, and removing the un-needed bits would seem the easiest way to make something hollow.
Applieing a 360 bend to something, or lofting might work as well.
Hope thats of some help...3d modeeling programs must have there similarities...
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 01:57
by Ichi
Ben_Robbins_ wrote:Hope thats of some help
It is, I'll try it out tomorrow!
Ben_Robbins_ wrote:3d modeeling programs must have there similarities...
I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 07:36
by KING
I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.
I hope you don`t carve with cylinders to.
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 09:17
by Lamoot
to make wheels: make a circle, select all the vertices, press E for extrude, then Esc. press S to resize the new circle. Now select all of the vertices (press A two times) and extrude the whole thing.
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 12:43
by Ichi
KING wrote:I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.
I hope you don`t carve with cylinders to.
lol no!
Posted: 30 Apr 2006 12:50
by Ichi
Lamoot wrote:to make wheels: make a circle, select all the vertices, press E for extrude, then Esc. press S to resize the new circle. Now select all of the vertices (press A two times) and extrude the whole thing.
that worked perfectly! thanks a lot!