3d Max Modelling Tips

snovey wrote:

1. sir san po makikita yang window template (default of 3ds max) ?.
tinry ko rin syang convert to poly pero nawla yun effect nya sa wall, lagyan ko pa po sana ng detailed kaya lang nawawalan ng effect pag na convert na to poly kahit yun door, may solution ba dun?. or wag na lang i convert? sayang kasi kung mag lalagay pa ako ng segmet para mag bridge ng opening ng window dagdag poly count.

1. by default it is found at My Documents/3dmax/matlibraries/AEC Templates - open it by using material editor--open material editor then choose windows template.

2. if you convert the windows template model into poly, do the same thing with the aec wall

v_wrangler wrote:Since I am a sucker for clean meshes and edge loops - I do not advice the use of shapemerge because it produce random edges which makes your mesh ugly and difficult to modify. If all you need is to match the contours of a base object to another like that of the tire example;

Use conform
Or do not model at all, use a simple surface and use opacity maps.

Some people think that a good modeler should be able to come up with a single mesh, wrong. You'll get more praises from animators if you are able to create models whose polygons can stand any form of distortion. Which means, less or no triads but four sided polygons.

Why four sided polyss you ask - that's because they deform well specially if subdivided using smoothing algorithms like meshsmooth or turbosmooth.