Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.
# 31 11-12-2004 , 11:23 PM
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Yep. No fur/paintFx/non-sprite-particles/fluidFx/etc. Pretty much just geometry. user added image

# 32 13-12-2004 , 05:20 PM
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Finally back to this guy after another weekend of heavy drinking...

Can anyone tell me what the best way to make the eyes are?

# 33 13-12-2004 , 05:28 PM
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you can make half-spheres that are composed of a minimal number of polys... like 10 or so max.

# 34 13-12-2004 , 05:40 PM
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Just as a seperate object?

# 35 13-12-2004 , 07:50 PM
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right.

# 36 13-12-2004 , 09:03 PM
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Thanks Mike... How's that Normal Mapping tut coming along?

I made the eyes and made individual fingers again, and I think the model is more or less done... Now for the uv's and texturing... user added image

# 37 13-12-2004 , 11:10 PM
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I actually did it and found an error and have to redo it. :p Hopefully should get it done soon.

# 38 14-12-2004 , 05:34 AM
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Poly count:
Sword: 244 tris
Char: 2653 tris

The char is made mostly out of quads, so i can probably shave a few tris of... I'll give it a go and post some shots when I get back from work...

# 39 14-12-2004 , 08:10 PM
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Quick question on texturing:
When laying out UV's, if I have two completely identical areas, can I place the UV's on top of each other and save space on the texture?

# 40 14-12-2004 , 08:31 PM
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YES! Do this kind of thing as much as possible. user added image:tup:

# 41 14-12-2004 , 08:40 PM
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Well, if my half the model is going to be mirrored and then merged, can't one just do this with the entire model? It just seems a little to easy to be true (although I know there's going to be a seam all the way down the middle...)

# 42 14-12-2004 , 08:44 PM
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I havnt tried this yet...

if you try to grab half the Uv's, and flop them onto the other half (with the half texture) in thoery it should have no seem and look like a whole one


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# 43 14-12-2004 , 08:49 PM
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Originally posted by 13uRneR
I havnt tried this yet...

if you try to grab half the Uv's, and flop them onto the other half (with the half texture) in thoery it should have no seem and look like a whole one

Yeah I was thinking the exact same thing... Mike? user added image

# 44 14-12-2004 , 09:07 PM
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Well, first WIP shot of UV's... Obviously not done, and definetly not perfect! Lots of tweaking needed, but I'm off to bed for now...

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