Doc, I have this tin roof panel that I've been using but it's so opoly intence that when I get enough of them together to cover the garage roof, it boggs Poser down sometime to freezing. It there a way to reduce the poly count but retain the form as it is or is there a way I can reproduce something like it in Poser? Thanks Cherokee

How close up are you going to render?

Phil, Sometime, not too close as in the image above, which doesn't have the tin roof, just to slats.

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But, then again, I might decide to open the doors for a view inside. What I've been doing is using Doc's tutorials and reproducing the buildings on my grandfather's farm. This garage, part of the smokehouse, and the house are the only buildings still around.

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Nice models, you have the timbers just right.

Try this approach. Its just the one polygon square prop from the library with your texture. I also used it as the bump map. If you have Poser 5 you could add displacement. If you need to see the ridges better use a six sided cube elongated and scaled for each. No smoothing but you could split the verts in UVMapper. Just out of curiosity how many polygons is in your panel?

This is the info from UVMapper. You know, I didn't even think of trying what you suggested. Will have to try that.

Humm...interesting. That might work just fine. And, I still want to have one with detail..maybe on closeups, I could use one or a couple of the other panels. What do you say Doc, can we build a tin roof panel in Poser?

Just a thought Doc.

what program are you using to make your panel? I know in autocad you can use a polyline to make a similar shape. I just tried it out and got 112 vertices and 110 polygons.

Eric, I didn't make the panel. A friend made it for me and I hate to ask him to redo it as he has some many other things he has to do. I think he use Rhino to make the panel.

Doc, I tried that before I started this message but for some reason, I couldn't get the parts to line up correctly. Not sure what I was doing wrong.

I think I got it now.

Ahh, it would appear that you are becoming a master Poser builder, grasshopper!

Congratulations !!!

cheers,
dr geep
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P.S. The secret is knowing where the origin is and using that to align and position the pieces before you "glue" 'em together. It looks like you've got it.

Thanks Doc, I didn't think about the origin but I'll remember that now. Your a great teacher for sure. Because of that, I'm able to do stuff in Poser that I never thought I would be able to do. Looks like I need to go back and redo the roof on the smokehouse and the barn now. Thanks again.

Message edited on: 02/16/2005 09:15

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