crisp car door edges - Polyloop

dooki · 22nd December 2006, 02:58

Hey all,

The attached image is the top of the car. I have arrows pointing to where the front windshield will be. Do you see how that corner rounds over when I smooth? How can I keep that tight?

I've tried the crisp edge selection but it doesn't keep that corner tight.

much thanks,

Dooki

E-Z · 22nd December 2006, 04:00

surface modeling tab> Chamfer

Couerl · 22nd December 2006, 04:09

I would just tesselate once on either side of that line. This will help preserve the shape better after smoothing.

dooki · 22nd December 2006, 05:23

Thanks guys,

Well, I've both suggestions and still no luck. The tessalation gives a tight corner but it create wierd geometry on the sides.

-Dooki

Couerl · 22nd December 2006, 05:28

Try the other way, across the top of the roof.

Thomas · 22nd December 2006, 10:24

Dooki: because you should have a small triangle that' why you have this problem on the right screenshot.
Th more polygons you will have (well, a high density on a small location), the less the smoothing effect will be visible.

E-Z · 22nd December 2006, 22:53

Here is a sample
compare the right side to the left side.

chose file open
because hex has a bad habit when clicking the file dirrectly from other user

dooki · 23rd December 2006, 02:02

Ahhh. Thanks EZ!

-Dooki

22nd December 2006, 02:58	#1 (permalink)
dooki Box modeling Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 273	crisp car door edges Hey all, The attached image is the top of the car. I have arrows pointing to where the front windshield will be. Do you see how that corner rounds over when I smooth? How can I keep that tight? I've tried the crisp edge selection but it doesn't keep that corner tight. much thanks, Dooki Attached Thumbnails __________________ PC/ P4/ /XP/ 2.4GHz/ 512RAM/ ATI Radeon 9550/256RAM Macbook Pro/Leopard/2.4GHz/4RAM/NVIDIA 8600M (256MB) eMac/ G4/Tiger/ 1.25 GHz/ 768RAM/ ATI Radeon 9200

22nd December 2006, 05:23	#4 (permalink)
dooki Box modeling Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 273	Thanks guys, Well, I've both suggestions and still no luck. The tessalation gives a tight corner but it create wierd geometry on the sides. -Dooki Attached Thumbnails __________________ PC/ P4/ /XP/ 2.4GHz/ 512RAM/ ATI Radeon 9550/256RAM Macbook Pro/Leopard/2.4GHz/4RAM/NVIDIA 8600M (256MB) eMac/ G4/Tiger/ 1.25 GHz/ 768RAM/ ATI Radeon 9200

22nd December 2006, 10:24	#6 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,319	Dooki: because you should have a small triangle that' why you have this problem on the right screenshot. Th more polygons you will have (well, a high density on a small location), the less the smoothing effect will be visible. __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

23rd December 2006, 02:02	#8 (permalink)
dooki Box modeling Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 273	Ahhh. Thanks EZ! -Dooki __________________ PC/ P4/ /XP/ 2.4GHz/ 512RAM/ ATI Radeon 9550/256RAM Macbook Pro/Leopard/2.4GHz/4RAM/NVIDIA 8600M (256MB) eMac/ G4/Tiger/ 1.25 GHz/ 768RAM/ ATI Radeon 9200

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22nd December 2006, 04:00	#2 (permalink)
E-Z Edge modeling Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 379	surface modeling tab> Chamfer

22nd December 2006, 04:09	#3 (permalink)
Couerl Polygurbs Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,301	I would just tesselate once on either side of that line. This will help preserve the shape better after smoothing.

22nd December 2006, 05:28	#5 (permalink)
Couerl Polygurbs Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,301	Try the other way, across the top of the roof.