Jonathan Sanchez Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 What do you guys use to make recessed ceiling lights. I was thinking about boolean them in the ceiling but I was wondering if there was an easier way. I've noticed some of you just place a cylinder in roof and photoshop it later, but sometimes they come out looking like dots in the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 depends what the recessed lights look like. it's obviously better to 'place' the lights on the ceiling and do it that way, but if they must be recessed then yes, you must recess them. usually by either modelling the cieling with the holes in it in the first place, or maybe (if your using max/viz) use the shape merge command instead of boolean. much fast, smoother and reliable for this type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sanchez Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 Awesome thanks Strat shapemerge does work well. Thanks a million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R. Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I normally use a cylinder which has a light-texturemap on the cap. The cylinder sticks out a little bit. So I can reposition them or hide them if I like. That works best if the recessed lights are even with the ceiling and not rendered as close-ups. lighing either with glow-glare shaders or just photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunDon Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you keep your ceiling plane as a spline object with a normal modifier on top (this turns it to a face, and usually to draw your ceiling in plan so you need to flip the face normals), then you can have circles in the spline for your recessed light locations. That'll cut the holes for you -- it's cleaner than a boolean, and you can always go back to the spline object and reposition the circles if the lights need to be moved. I'm not sure I understand JR's suggestion, but can lights and such will usually have a lip or something that is slightly below the ceiling -- but the bulk is always sunk into the ceiling. You need to cut holes in the ceiling plane for this to actually look right. Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sanchez Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 Well here is how the results came out. I used Strats suggestion about shapemerge and worked wonderfully. Thanks Strat. Here's the link: http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14034 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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