Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Modeling a Tubular Braid / Braided Rope in 3DS Max

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
A basic knowledge of using 3d Studio Max is assumed.


I've gotten a few emails over the past few years about my braid tutorials asking me if I knew how to make a braided rope or tubular braid. Well I've tried many times to figure it out how to make it work and I finally have the answer.


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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Modeling a Telephone Cord - Using a Helix and Path Deform

Skill Level: Intermediate
A basic knowledge of using 3d Studio Max is assumed.


This is another problem a fellow co-worker came to me about. How to make a helix follow a path. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Path Deform to make a telephone cord (a simple helix) follow a path (a simple spline).


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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Modeling a Braid in 3DS Max - Method 2 - Including Multi-Strand Braids

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
A basic knowledge of using 3d Studio Max is assumed.


As any 3DS Max user knows, there's more than one way to model an object. So, once I figured out how to make a braid, I set out to learn how to make multi-strand braids. This led me to realize that my first method isn't exactly perfect, so I have devised this second method of making braids, which works quite well for making multi-strand braids.


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Monday, December 10, 2007

Modeling a Braid in 3DS Max - Method 1

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
A basic knowledge of using 3d Studio Max is assumed.

Creating a braid was a challenge posed to me by one of my fellow co-workers. He had looked for tutorials online and finding none, asked for my help. Here is my method for creating braids that are easy to make, easy to adjust, and remain editable splines for simplicity.


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Sunday, December 9, 2007

Portfolio Comments

If you have any comments or critiques for any of my illustrations on my portfolio, then this is the place for them. Just make a comment on this post. Thanks


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