electric wires

zamalkawy · March 11th, 2004

hi everybody ,
does any body know a way to model electric wiring with minimal polygons?

STRAT · March 11th, 2004

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Originally Posted by zamalkawy

hi everybody ,
does any body know a way to model electric wiring with minimal polygons?

renderable splines

mauarduz · March 11th, 2004

just renderable splines maybe ?

jucaro · March 11th, 2004

What software would you be using? Maybe you could post your question in the appropriate section/channel in the forum, then maybe we can start to help

smoke3dstudio · March 11th, 2004

yeah, just make the line renderable but if you want it to be a real 3d model,

1. create a line with a number of vertexes on it and make it not streatch by move some vertexes in any x/y/z directions. copy the line (by segment/spline sub object), may be 2 -3 time and adjust their vertexes again (make it seam less).

2. make renderable and give the thickness and segment = about 12 and copy those 3 to be 6, 9 and.....

3. convert to poly and use noise modifier

4. use optimize modifier on the line

these lines will look OK if you don't move the camera too closed to them.

crazy homeless guy · March 13th, 2004

maybe make a swooping spline, extract it 4 or 5 ft.. make a tansparency map that has 4 lines on it, or however many lines you want, map onto extracted swooping spline. 4 electric lines for the polygon count of 1.

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zamalkawy Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: alexandria,egypt Age: 41 Posts: 33 Name: khaled adam	electric wires hi everybody , does any body know a way to model electric wiring with minimal polygons?

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mauarduz Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: la paz Age: 35 Posts: 89 Name: maurizio arduz	Re: electric wires just renderable splines maybe ? __________________ yeah right !

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jucaro Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Age: 32 Posts: 612 Name: Juan Carlos Rosalejos	Re: electric wires What software would you be using? Maybe you could post your question in the appropriate section/channel in the forum, then maybe we can start to help

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smoke3dstudio Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bangkok and Singapore Posts: 121 Name: Montree Termrattanasirikul	Re: electric wires yeah, just make the line renderable but if you want it to be a real 3d model, 1. create a line with a number of vertexes on it and make it not streatch by move some vertexes in any x/y/z directions. copy the line (by segment/spline sub object), may be 2 -3 time and adjust their vertexes again (make it seam less). 2. make renderable and give the thickness and segment = about 12 and copy those 3 to be 6, 9 and..... 3. convert to poly and use noise modifier 4. use optimize modifier on the line these lines will look OK if you don't move the camera too closed to them.

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crazy homeless guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,895 Name: travis schmiesing	Re: electric wires maybe make a swooping spline, extract it 4 or 5 ft.. make a tansparency map that has 4 lines on it, or however many lines you want, map onto extracted swooping spline. 4 electric lines for the polygon count of 1. __________________ travis schmiesing

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