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Issue 5 July 2006 | Ble nde rart

M ode ling Te ch niq ue s &

Ble nde r Scripts

Ble nde r le arning m ade e asy

Ble nde r Mate rial Library

Ge n3 - Tre e Ge ne rator

UV Mapping Te ch niq ue s

Blue print Se tup

Spin Mode ling

Conte nts

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EDITOR/DESIGNER

Gaurav Naw ani gaurav@ be nde rart.org

Ble nde r Mate rial Library (Script)

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MANAGING EDITOR

Sandra Gibe rt s andra@ be nde rart.org

W EBSITE

Nam Ph am nam @ be nde rart.org

Ge n3 Tre e Ge ne rator (Script)

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PROOFREADING

Ke rnon D ion

COVER IMAGE

Jas on Pie rce

Mode ling Rupe rt - "Th e Evil Monk e y"

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W RITERS

Mariano H idalgo

Edouard de Mah ie u

Se rge y Prok h orch uk

Roja

Andre ia Le al Sch e m id & Z ag

Die go Re stre po París

Kitch e n W ork s (Spin Mode ling)

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‘Be nde rart Magaz ine’,‘be nde rart’

and be nde rart ogo are copyrigh t

Gaurav Naw ani. ‘Iz z y’ and ‘Iz z y ogo’

are copyrigh t Sandra Gibe rt. Al

products and com pany nam e s

fe ature d in th e pubication are

trade m ark or re gis te re d trade m ark s of

th e ir re s pe ctive ow ne rs .

UV Mapping Te ch niq ue s (Low -Poly)

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Se tting Up Blue prints in Ble nde r

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Editorial

As I brow se th e forum s, th e one

q ue stion I ofte n se e popping up

from ne w com e rs, is alw ays

som e variation of “W h at is th e

be st w ay/m e th od/te ch niq ue to

m ode l . . . (inse rt re le vant

obje ct h e re )? Or e ve n m ore

ge ne ric q ue stion lik e “W h at is

th e be st w ay to m ode l?” I

re m e m be r m y ow n frustration

in finding th e pe rfe ct answ e r to

th at q ue stion and sym path ize

w ith ne w com e rs w h o are

curre ntly trying to find th e

pe rfe ct m e th od and w ork flow .

m e th od w ork s be st for you. Not

e xactly som e th ing a ne w com e r

w ants to h e ar.

gre ate r fle xibility and add

use ful functions and fe ature s

to th e Ble nde r w ork flow . Th is

issue w e w ill e xplore som e of

th e se w onde rful little scripts

and sh ow just h ow th e y can

m ak e your life e asie r.

W e ll in th is issue w e w ill sh e d a

little ligh t on w h ich te ch niq ue s

to use and w h e n, k e e ping in

m ind th at anyth ing can be

cre ate d using any of th e

te ch niq ue s available in Ble nde r,

but som e te ch niq ue s le nd

th e m se lve s m ore re adily to

ce rtain type s of m ode ls. And

w h ile th is is obviously h e lpful

to th e ne w com e r, e ve n th e

m ore e xpe rie nce d am ong us

w ill be ne fit from be ing

re m inde d th at th e re is alw ays

m ore th an one w ay to m ode l an

obje ct.

As m uch as w e re ly on favorite

m ode ling te ch niq ue s, w e ofte n

find som e task s are e ith e r too

daunting, re pe titive or just a

pain to com ple te m anually.

Ente r Pyth on scripts to th e

re scue . Pyth on scripts allow

sandy@ ble nde rart.org

Sandra Gilbe rt

Managing Editor

Th e sh ort answ e r is . . .

“w h ate ve r m e th od w ork s be st

for your purpose and pe rsonal

w ork flow ” Not re al h e lpful,

now is it? Unfortunate ly, th e

long answ e r is not m uch be tte r.

Th e re ason be ing th at is tim e ,

e xpe rie nce and m assive

e xpe rim e ntation is ge ne rally

re q uire d in orde r to de cide on

an obje ct by obje ct basis w h ich

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Lizzy K now s

Izzy's Talk on Mode ling

Basically, you start by cre ating a basic box,

th e n de fining de tails as you carry on.

w ith m ost m ode ling m e th ods.

Be fore you

can de cide

w h ich

m e th od of

m ode ling

w ork s for

you, it

h e lps to

k now

e xactly

w h at

options are

available and h ow th e y w ork . Ble nde r offe rs a

gre at se t of core tools to m ak e w h ate ve r

m e th od you use as productive as possible .

H e re is a list of m e th ods and tools for you to

conside r as you start your ne xt proje ct:

Ve rte x Push ing

Also re fe rre d to as point-to-point m ode ling.

Th is m e th od re q uire s m ore patie nce but

allow s for gre ate r pre cision, e spe cially w h e n

cre ating sm ooth Edge Loops for anim ation.

Start w ith one ve rte x, e xtruding and/or

adding ve rtice s one -by-one , adjusting and

re fining your sh ape until your m ode l is

com ple te d.

Extrude : [E k e y] Ve rtice s, Edge s and Face s

can all be e xtrude d to build your m ode ls.

Knife : [K k e y] can be use d to cre ate

additional Edge s and Face s, use ful in adding

m ore de tail once your basic m ode l is cre ate d.

Ve rte x/Edge /Face Se le ct: (Toggle buttons on

th e 3D w indow H e ade r Bar [look s lik e

dots/line /triangle ]) Use ful for se le cting just

th e are a you ne e d.

Th is m e th od is in contrast to th e box m ode ling

te ch niq ue . It suits pe ople w h o are able to

conce ive th e sh ape and de tails in advance ,

inste ad of adding de tails late r.

Loop Se le ct: [Alt + MMB] allow s you to se le ct

an e ntire loop for m odification.

Subsurf: (Subdivision Surface s found in th e

Modifie rs pane l of th e Edit buttons w indow )

Subsurf sm ooth s th e h ard angle s of your

m ode l, m aintaining low polygon counts w h ile

m ode ling.

Curve s

Allow s you to cre ate sm ooth sh ape s and

com ple x ge om e try. Gre at for logos.

Box Mode ling

Ge ne rally th e e asie st m e th od w h e n you first

start le arning. You'd be am aze d by h ow m any

th ings ge t th e ir start as a cube . Start by

adding a pre -m ade prim itive (usually a cube ,

but can be any of th e oth e r prim itive s i.e .

Sph e re , Cone , Tube e tc). Th e n e xtrude , de le te

e dge s and ve rtice s as ne e de d to ach ie ve your

de sire d sh ape .

Nurbs

One of th e m ore difficult m e th ods of

m ode ling. You cre ate patch e s th at are th e n

stitch e d toge th e r to cre ate sm ooth se am le ss

m ode ls. Gre at for organic m ode ling.

Th e re are actually m any m ore use ful tools

include d w ith in Ble nde r, but th e se are th e

one s use d m ost ofte n. More inform ation on

Ble nde r's tools and m e th ods, as w e ll as

various tutorials can, of course , be found in

th e Ble nde r w ik ibook found at:

Me taballs

Much lik e w ork ing w ith clay. You add

additional m e taballs w ith varying influe nce

(can be positive or ne gative influe nce ) to

build up your m ode l.

h ttp://m e diaw ik i.ble nde r.org/inde x.ph p/Main

_Page

Th e use of Box Mode ling is pre fe rable if you

are able to conce ive th e de sire d sh ape in

le sse r am ounts of de tail in th e be ginning.

Tools th at can be use d in conjunction

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Ne w s Flas h

Artw e ave r 0 .4 re le as e d

Ink s cape 0 .44 re le as e

A ne w e r

ve rsion of

Artw e ave r 0.4

w as re le ase d

on July 18th .

Th e ne w

update brings

a lot of ch ange s to Artw e ave r. It now

sports a m uch im prove d inte rface for

h andling brush e s. Also, th e re are a fe w

ne w tools in th is re le ase : Erase r, Stam p

and Pe rspe ctive Grid.

Earlie r th is m onth , th e

Ink scape te am re le ase d

one of th e ir m ost long-

aw aite d re le ase s. It w as

im portant be cause th e y

h ave im prove d lots of

issue s th at h ad h ounde d Ink scape in th e past.

Th e m ost prom ine nt be ing th e sluggish ne ss

w h e n e diting obje cts at h igh e r zoom le ve ls.

Th is re le ase brings a re fre sh ing im prove m e nt

in spe e d w h e n h andling large r and m ore

com ple x obje cts. Th e node e diting is about

30% faste r and obje ct m ove m e nt on th e canvas

h as also gotte n a boost in spe e d. Using th e

calligraph ic pe n is also faste r in ce rtain case s.

Th e arrange m e nt of th e Tools and

Options dialogs pre se nt a cle an inte rface

com pare d to e arlie r ve rsions.

Fig. Artw e ave r 0 .4 Im prove d inte rface

Th is update also brings num e rous

im prove m e nts to th e Ink scape UI. Notice able

im prove m e nts are th e Color Pale tte Bar at th e

bottom and an inclusion of m ore options on

th e top toolbar. Also im ple m e nte d is th e

Laye rs dialog box. Th e ove rh aul of th e

Pre fe re nce s dialog box m ak e s m odifying

pre fe re nce s a bre e ze . And, th e re 's th e addition

of Ke yboard configuration.

Also m ak ing an appe arance are a fe w

ne w filte rs such as Ligh ting Effe cts,

Fish Eye Le ns, and Drop Sh adow . Now ,

saving and loading of se le ctions is also

possible . In addition to th e se fe ature s, a

lot m ore are available (including a

conside rable am ount of bug fixe s). Re ad

th e Re le ase Log for de tails.

You can ge t th e late st copy at

h ttp://artw e ave r.de

Th e re are ple nty m ore im prove m e nts and lots

and lots of ne w fe ature s pack e d into th is

re le ase . Go to h ttp://ink scape .org and

dow nload th e late st re le ase to le arn m ore

about all th e ne w fe ature s.

Fig. Ink scape 0 .44

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