Forum: 3D Modeling


Subject: 3D Tutorial: Modeling A Chisel-Style Tip Of Marker Or Highlighter (Video)

LuxXeon opened this issue on Aug 21, 2014 · 23 posts


LuxXeon posted Tue, 26 August 2014 at 6:08 PM

> Quote - Thank you for the great tutorials.  You seem to have a great understanding of 3dsmax, and also some knowledge of Blender, and I appreciate that, and have subscribed to your channel.  I've learned a lot of things following some of your 3dsmax videos in Blender, but I think this select similar thing might be different in Blender than it is in 3dsmax, because I can't get it to work the same for me.   Maybe you or someone using Blender can help. Knowing me, it's probably just user error, but I will attach my screen capture from Blender to show you what I mean.  I have this edge selected on my model in Blender, following your video, but when I go to similar select, none of the options here seem to allow me to get the other similar edges around the model like it did for you in 3dsmax. > >  Which one of these options would you recommend I use to do that part? I tried them all at least once, but I think I'm doing something wrong, or else this just doesn't work the same way in Blender.

In Blender, you could safely skip that part entirely, because there would be no easy way to spread the edges on either side of those selected edges in the same manner as I've done in 3dsmax anyway.  Blender doesn't have an equal "pinching" tool in it's Loop tools.

However, Blender's Relax option, in the Loop Tools panel, is very elegant.  It can be used to achieve the same effect I created in Max, using only a slightly different workflow.

Select the border edge loop around the hole, and then the subsequent edge loops along your beveled lip which you wish to smooth.  Use Relax to spread the neighboring edges apart sufficiently.  You may need to press Relax several times to achieve this, but it works very well.  This is the result after subdivision in Blender.

______________________________________

My Store
My Free Models
My Video Tutorials
My CG Animations
Instagram: @luxxeon3d
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luxxeon