1HoldingEdges I MPORTANT Toensur eyour ecei ve FREEupdat est ot hi sgui de,make sur eyougeti tbyvi si t i ng www. j l musi . com/hsgui de Fenci ng Legend I fyouar egoi ngt o3D modelusi ngaSubD pr evi ew or event ual l yappl yaSmoot ht oyourmodel ,youar e goi ngt oneedt oaddhol di ngedgest opr eser veyour model shar dedges. Bevel i ng Thi st echni queconsi st sofr unni ng edgel oopsal ongbot hsi desofahar d edge.Cor ner swi l lf or m asmal lcubei f donepr oper l y. 2TopologyPatterns Thi st echni queconsi st sofsel ect i ngal l yourhar dedgesandappl yi ngabevel .The mor edi vi si onsont hebevel ,t hehar dert he edge. Vi deoExpl anat i on Cr easi ng Thi smet hodsi mpl yaddacr easeval ue, wi t houtaddi ngext r ageomet r y.Thi s t oolcanbef oundunderMesh Tool s>Cr ease. Ther ear ear emanyt opol ogypat t er nst hathavedi f f er entpur poses. Let ’ st akeacl oserl ookatt wover yusef ulpat t er ns. ket henamei mpl i es,uset hi spat t er nt oi ndi cat eachangeofdi r ect i on. Redi r ectLi Thi scanbeusedt ocr eat ecor ner swhi l ekeepi ngyourmodelal lquads. Di amond Uset hi spat t er nt or educegeomet r y.Thi si susef ulwhengoi ngf r om hi gh t ol ow ar easofpol ygonswhi l ekeepi ngyourmodelal lquads. 3CurvedSurfaces Cr eat i nghar dsur f acedet ai l soncur vedsur f acescanbr i ngal ongi t ’ sownuni quesetofchal l enges.Acommoni ssuei s pi nchi ng.Aswet r yt oshapensomeedges,weal soshar penunwant ededgesaswel l . Let ’ sseehow wecancr eat e det ai l sonacur vedsur f ace,whi l eavoi di ngpi nchi ng. Pi nchi ngonCur vedSur f aces I nt hi sexampl e,ourgoali st okeept heedgesoft her ecessedr ect angl e shar p.Thehor i zont aledge( r edl i ne)i nt hi sexampl ewi l lhol dt hoseedges butal socauseunwant edpi nchi ng( gr eenl i ne)duet oi t spr oxi mi t yt ot he ot herver t i caledges.Thehor i zont aledge( bl uel i ne)wi l lnotcause pi nchi ngast heyr unal ongt hecur vedsur f ace.I nor dert of i xt he pi nchi ng,wemustr er out et heedgef l ow soi tr unshor i zont al l yandkeep uni f or m spaci ngal ongt hever t i caledges. Rer out i ngedgeflow t oFi xPi nchi ng Wear egoi ngt or er out et heedges( gr eenl i nes )t owar dst hecor ner sof t her ect angl ewi t har edi r ectpat t er nandr unt hem hor i zont al l yl ongt he cur vedsur f ace.Usi ngt hi st echni qe,west i l lkeept hehar dedgesatt he cor ner ,whi l eget t i ngr i doft hepi nchi ngwehadear l i er . 4RadialSymmetry Whati fwewant edt ot aket hepr evi ousr ect angul arwi ndow and cr eat e6oft hem ar oundourcyl i nder .That ’ swher eknowi nghow t o cr eat er adi alsymmet r ycomesext r emel yhandy.Let ’ sbr eakdown t hepr ocess. Sot heor i gi nalcyl i nderhad60di vi si onsandwekept1 0t ocr eat eour “ sl i ce” .60/1 0=6.So6sl i ceswi l lwor kwhenr ebui l di ngt hecyl i nder . Ial waysr ecommendst ar t i ngwi t haf ul lcyl i nder ,sel ect i ngt hesl i ce t hatyouwantt owor kwi t h,del et i ngt her est ,andmodel i ngt heone pi eceoft hepat t er n. Makesur et hatyourpi voti satt het i pofyoursl i ce( r edpoi nt . )Wi t h t hesl i cesel ect ed,got oEdi t >Dupl i cat eSpeci al Weneedt or ot at eoursl i ceal ongt heYaxi s.Tof i gur eoutt hedegr ees,wesi mpl ydi vi de( t het ot aldegr eesi naci r cl e)by ( t henumberofsl i ces ) .360/6=60.Sowei nput60i nt heRot at eYf i el d.Weneedanaddi t i onal5copi essi ncewe al r eadyhave1 ,sowei nput5i nt henumberofcopi es.Wehi tappl yandwegetourcompl et ecyl i nderwi t hourpat t er n dupl i cat ed6t i mes.Fr om t her ewesi mpl ycomi bi neour6pi ecesandmer get hever t swi t hal ow t hr eshol d. Onceyougett hehangofr adi al symmet r y,youwi l lbeabl et ocr eat e mor ecompl exhar dsur f aceshapes l i kecarr i mswi t hease! 5PatternCreation+Deformers Let ’ smodelt hecl i pofamachi negunwi t ht hef ol l owi ng wor kf l ow: 1 )Br eakdownt hemodeli nt oar epet abl epat t er n,sot he bul koft hewor ki sdonebysymmet r y. 2)Cr eat et hemodelst r ai ghtanduset hehel pofa def or mert ogi vei ti sf i nalshape. del1 /4 Mi r r ori ti n 1 .Mo 2. ofpat t er n. t heXaxi s. Usi ngsymmet r ywi l lspeedupt hepr ocessandmake sur eourmodeli seven.Usi ngadef or merwi l lal l ow us t ocr eat et hebul kofourmodelwi t ht heeaseof wor ki ngi nwor l dspaceandsi mpl yj ustbendi ti nt o pl acet owar dst heendoft hemodel i ngpr ocess.Thi s wor kf l ow canbei mpl ement edt obr eakdownand cr eat emanycompl exhar dsur f acemodel swi t h r el at i veease. Dupl i cat et hepat t er n2mor et i mes Ext r udet heout t er2edgest ogi ve 3. 4. andt r ansl at et hem sot heysnapt o t hepat t er naddi t i onalt hi ckness. out eredgesoft hepat t er n. 5.MirroralongtheYaxis. 6.Let’sbendourmodelusinga Deformer. Def or m>Nonl i near >Bend. Uset hef ol l owi ngset t i ngs. Makesur et hedef or merhandl ei sal i nged par al l elt oourshape. ’ l lf i ni sht hemodelbyaddi ng 7.We somehol di ngedges,ext r udi ngt o getsomet hi cknessandt hen mi r r or i ngi nt heZaxi s.