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Try inserting 2 edgeloops round the corner edges (like if you performed a bevel but doing it manually helps to stop some of the little bugs that in my useage of bevels can happen), you can then use the slide edge tool to move the edges and control the fall off of the edge.
I would also create a smooth proxy as well as switching between the smooth preview, as sometimes when you using the smooth preview it can be a bit misleading as to where the geo that your moving actually is. Where as using the standard low poly and a proxy you can see if you need to add geo to areas when the edges get too close/overlap which is hard to see in the smooth preview. Also keep the low poly nice and clean.
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What?Originally posted by AikoWorld
ow if you dont mind adding extra polygons i would add another edge loop. To create an edge, thats what i do.
Do you mean insert some edges around the area, and not have them run through the rest of the mesh? Like these blue lines in this pic?Originally posted by gster123
hey JrWho
Try inserting 2 edgeloops round the corner edges (like if you performed a bevel but doing it manually helps to stop some of the little bugs that in my useage of bevels can happen), you can then use the slide edge tool to move the edges and control the fall off of the edge.
I would also create a smooth proxy as well as switching between the smooth preview, as sometimes when you using the smooth preview it can be a bit misleading as to where the geo that your moving actually is. Where as using the standard low poly and a proxy you can see if you need to add geo to areas when the edges get too close/overlap which is hard to see in the smooth preview. Also keep the low poly nice and clean.
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Creating extra edges like your image will create a hard edge. dont forget to weld the corner vertices to create quads instead of 6 sided poly`s
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I knew that the closer the edges, the crisper the smooth will be, but I always thought it was better to have the mesh flow throughout the model. Maybe I'm just imagining things.Originally posted by AikoWorld
gster refined what i was talking about
Creating extra edges like your image will create a hard edge. dont forget to weld the corner vertices to create quads instead of 6 sided poly`s
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I sometimes just change 90 degrees to avoid going all the way to the other side
But for hard surfaces it dose not matter.
If you go soft surfaces (organic)then you have to consider this very carefully as you will need to animate all the edges you have created.
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Jr Who, on the pic you posted if you take the corner of the new square made by the new loop and then add an edge from that to the corner of the other you'll carry on the quad structure which is what I would do
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Anyway, I did some work today, but nothing worthy of a pic.
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I just created a couple of curves and lofted them. Converted to polygon and then tried to put a rectangular opening in the surface while maintaining a smooth surface.
What a nightmare! If you try to put all the proper edge loops in the corners (3) they carry through the entire length of the surface giving you nice sharp visible creases. If you try to spread them out you still get pinching in the corners and lots of extra ugly geometry throughout your model that all has to be adjusted (very time consumming and the results are still bad).
I tried smoothing the surface and setting the divisions really high then using the sculpt tool to smooth out the edges and pinched corners and then set the divisions back to 0. All I can say to this excercise is that I still have not found a use for the sculpt tool (lol). It just made a real mess of the model.
I tried cutting up the geometry and making panels this worked the best but creates 4 panels around the square opening which is kind of a pain. Although if you plan them correctly it kind of looks natural.
I'll keep fiddling with it in my spare time and if I hit on anything I'll post it for you.
Keep plugin at it. I look forward to the final product. I wont be able to do any serious modeling until winter break. I need to finish rigging and animating my mech. I think I have to leg piston thingy worked out. Just don't have time to focus onit right now.
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Good luck on that mech.
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