Help needed to model fountains

pgoh · May 14th, 2002

Hi everyone first of all i'd like to congratulate Jeff and the gang on making this the best site for designers. I've just registered five minutes ago, though i've been following the site everyday (no kidding) since last september.

I'm a rather newbie to the world of 3d (and 2d for that matter), but i've been working on a project where i need to model (or somehow) get three water fountains into my viz/max model. If there's someone out there who'd like to offer a hand, it'll be very much appreciated.

Thanx

Cesar R · May 14th, 2002

Hi, well you can begin my modeling the actual fountain by lathing a profile curve along its Y axis, then you will have a simple model, you can add more detail though subdiv or even bump maps, for the water, create a particle system (I used) spray, place it into possition shooting up, and binded to a wind + gravity fields. to get a nice running water effect right click on the particle system go into properties, and under "motion blur" check "image" and type a multipler or 2.0 - 5.0 depending of the effect you want. make sure the particle system starts generating before the animation, (ie, -35 frames or so under the timing parameters of the P-sys. and voila ! I have a scene I created to for you to look over, I just don't know where to put it for dowload, maybe Jeff can arrange that. _hint Jeff_ otherwise I'll e-mail it to you.

Oh, and once you have created one fountain to your taste, just group all of the components and clone.

good luck bye

Jeff Mottle · May 14th, 2002

Hey there,

Also check out RPCnet.com , they have a collection of waterfountains that are animated. I'm actually going to be doing this in a few weeks, but haven't decided if I will use Cesar's route or the RPC route or a "water blob" with animated noise on the vertices to simulate moving water.
I may even try to use Combustion's particle effects.

Cesar, just send me the file and I'll throw it on my server.

pgoh · May 15th, 2002

Thanx for the help guys. I'll start work on one now!

cheers

nisus · May 29th, 2002

Hi pgoh,

Here is a script to make fountains:

Fountain 2.1 by Francis Mourlevat.
http://www.chez.com/mourl/ftp/Plugins/Fontain21.zip

nisus

May 14th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Cesar R Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Age: 26 Posts: 876 Name: Cesar Rullier	Hi, well you can begin my modeling the actual fountain by lathing a profile curve along its Y axis, then you will have a simple model, you can add more detail though subdiv or even bump maps, for the water, create a particle system (I used) spray, place it into possition shooting up, and binded to a wind + gravity fields. to get a nice running water effect right click on the particle system go into properties, and under "motion blur" check "image" and type a multipler or 2.0 - 5.0 depending of the effect you want. make sure the particle system starts generating before the animation, (ie, -35 frames or so under the timing parameters of the P-sys. and voila ! I have a scene I created to for you to look over, I just don't know where to put it for dowload, maybe Jeff can arrange that. _hint Jeff_ otherwise I'll e-mail it to you. Oh, and once you have created one fountain to your taste, just group all of the components and clone. good luck bye __________________ Xeon 5130 : Revit + 3DSMax Architecture Student / Autodesk BSD AE ------------------------------------------ Fa5 - Honda Civic Si

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Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	Hey there, Also check out RPCnet.com , they have a collection of waterfountains that are animated. I'm actually going to be doing this in a few weeks, but haven't decided if I will use Cesar's route or the RPC route or a "water blob" with animated noise on the vertices to simulate moving water. I may even try to use Combustion's particle effects. Cesar, just send me the file and I'll throw it on my server. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,276 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Hi pgoh, Here is a script to make fountains: Fountain 2.1 by Francis Mourlevat. http://www.chez.com/mourl/ftp/Plugins/Fontain21.zip nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

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May 14th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
pgoh Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: australia Posts: 7 Name:	Hi everyone first of all i'd like to congratulate Jeff and the gang on making this the best site for designers. I've just registered five minutes ago, though i've been following the site everyday (no kidding) since last september. I'm a rather newbie to the world of 3d (and 2d for that matter), but i've been working on a project where i need to model (or somehow) get three water fountains into my viz/max model. If there's someone out there who'd like to offer a hand, it'll be very much appreciated. Thanx

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pgoh Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: australia Posts: 7 Name:	Thanx for the help guys. I'll start work on one now! cheers

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