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Tutorial: Bringing Sculptris model into Blender 2.5 (Part 2)

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:20:56 +0000

This is Part 2 of Bringing Sculptris Model into Blender 2.5.

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Now, we need to point to the location of the texture map that was created and exported from Sculptris. Click the ‘Open’ button to locate and load the texture. This is as shown below.

Now, the texture should be loaded. Next, we need to tell Blender the coordinate type of the texture. Under Mapping >>> Coordinates, select ‘UV’. This is as shown below.

Besides indicating the mapping coordinates, we also need to indicate to Blender what influence the map is to be used for. Since the map is a colour map, under ‘Influence’, check ‘Colour’. You can also use the map for more than one type of influences. For bump maps, click ‘Normal’.

If you render the scene now, the model should have texture now.

Thanks for reading the tutorial. Drop me a comment if you have any queries

Tutorial: Bringing Sculptris model into Blender 2.5 (Part 1)

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:01:17 +0000

In this article, we will show how painted Sculptris models can be brought into Blender 2.5 with full textures intact.

In case you do not know what is Sculptris, it is a very cool (and yet free) 3D sculpting program that works similarly to programs such as Mudbox and Zbrush. Sculptris is highly intuitive to use and allows a newcomer to easily create complex organic models without much training.

After you are done with the modeling and painting within Sculptris, export the texture map. Next, export your model as a Wavefront OBJ file either by clicking the export OBJ button or pressing the CTRL and E-keys.

In Blender, import the model as Wavefront OBJ format as illustrated below.

The model should come in nicely. However, we will need to assign the texture map correctly onto the model.

With the model selected, go to the Texture panel.

Click the ‘+’ symbol to add a new texture. For texture type, select ‘Image or Movie’. This is as shown below.

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Rhino3D: Creating twisting wire or rope (Part 2)

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:34:30 +0000

This is part 2 of this Rhino 3D tutorial.

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In the previous part, we have already created the twist as shown below.

Now, create the curve that the twist tubes will have to conform to. This newly created curve is as indicated by the red arrow as shown below.

Here, we are going to use the Flow along curve command.

Objects to flow along curve are the tubes. Base curve is the first straight line that we have created. Make sure that the curve is selected at the intended end. For target curve, select the newly created curve. Set the Stretch option to Yes.

The final result should be similar to what is being shown below.

That’s all for this tutorial. Hope that it is of use to you

Rhino3D: Creating twisting wire or rope (Part 1)

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:23:06 +0000

This is a Rhino3d version 4.0 tutorial. In this tutorial, we are going to create a twisting wire or rope as shown below . We are going to make use of the very cool features within the UDT toolset. For this tutorial, a basic understanding of Rhinoceros 3D is required.

Firstly, using pipe and array command create a number of arrayed tubes. This is as shown below.

Next, create a line or curve that goes through the center of the group of tubes. The curve is as indicated by the red arrow as shown below. You might want to use Osnap or snap to grid to achieve accurate placement of the curve.

Now, we are going to use the Twist command to create the initial twist. This tool is found in the Transform Toolbar. Object to twist are the newly created tubes. The start and end of the twisting axis are the 2 ends of the line respectively. Use the End Osnap to snap accurately to these 2 ends. For angle or first reference point, you might want to use the plan view (Top view in this case) to define it. The result should be similar to the screenshot below.

This is the end of part one of this Rhinoceros 3D tutorial.

>> Click here to go to part 2.

Blender 2.5: Symmetry Modelling (Part 2)

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:04:19 +0000

This is Part 2 of Blender 2.5 Symmetry Modelling.

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Now, we need to delete away the face that will be overlap the mirroring plane. To do so, select the cube make sure that it is in edit mode (toggle with TAB key). Select the face to be deleted and press DEL key. In the options, select ‘Face’.

After, it has been deleted, we can now add a Mirror Modifier. To do that click the “modifier’ button on the property panel and select ‘Mirror’. This is as shown below.

Now, the mirrored side should appear. Make sure that we have selected the correct Axis of mirroring.

From here, we can process with the rest of the symmetry modelling. By using commands such as extrude (E key), deleting and creating new faces (F key), subdivid and finally adding subsurfacing, we can create all kinds of symmetrical shapes.

That’s all for this Blender 2.5 tutorial. Thank you for reading