Beer glass scene creation
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# 1 13-02-2014 , 01:08 PM
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tile part of a tire

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how can i tile this? if i duplicate and move it in the Y it will not be lined up properly. im going ****ing nuts right now.


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# 2 21-02-2014 , 06:33 PM
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You should be able to do a Duplicate Special and rotate it around the inner axis. This will duplicate this patch into a full circle. You can also tell duplicate to attach the new tiles to this one which would create a pretty smooth surface for this tire. Does that make sense?


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# 3 11-03-2014 , 09:35 AM
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You should be able to do a Duplicate Special and rotate it around the inner axis. This will duplicate this patch into a full circle. You can also tell duplicate to attach the new tiles to this one which would create a pretty smooth surface for this tire. Does that make sense?

what i do is duplicate my mesh and snap the vertexes together, then duplicate it till i get a long flat tire, then shrinkwrap the selection to a cylinder that would define the wheel. but i hate the process to duplicate and make the lower bottom part match the upper part, so that i can merge vertexes easy. i go crazyyyyy on stuff like that haha .. user added image


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Big Bob Marley fan
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Full name: Marcus Ralman


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# 4 11-03-2014 , 12:58 PM
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There is no simple way to do it. You have to make the bottom match the top.

Also, you don't need to use shrink-wrap. Take a look at the bend deformer.


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