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.
# 1 02-04-2007 , 03:55 PM
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Spyglass help please (thanks)

Thanks for looking guys !

Ok, my 1st big problem is that I have no idea how to make the end of the spyglass.
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Second problem is how to make a glass shader for the nurbs shpere in the front on the spyglass ... (pic below)
I think I'm going to render it in mental ray ...

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And all in all this is what I have so far, any suggestions for what I have so far are very very welcomed ! (pic below)

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Thanks so much for looking ! I really apreciate the help and sory for the stupid questions ...
Best wishes ...

# 2 02-04-2007 , 11:28 PM
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for the endpiece you could create the profile of it using a cv curve, then revolve it.


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# 3 02-04-2007 , 11:50 PM
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OMFG I totally forgot ! thanks so much man ! really thanks soooooo much ! You kick ass ...

p.s. I have a feeling that a question like "wtf is wrong ?" will soon come ...
oh well, thanks again !

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