liquid Modelling question

[salf]

The following modelling question is not much about architecture modelling, so i hope theres no problem about asking this in this forum.

 

I use Autocad to model, but im just messing around with VIZ tying to learn how tomodel with it also, im doing a test scene of a glass with icecubs and liquid inside the glass, so far i have made the glass, the icecubes but now i have to do the liquid, how?

 

For the icecubes i just did a "cube", and with MESH EDIT i moved around a few vertex to make it irregular.

 

For the glass, i draw a line shape, making the contour of the glass and use the LATHE modifier, (something like drawing the same contour on Acad and doing a REVOL)

 

Now, i wanna make liquid that partially fills the glass, but i have no idea how, im think about trying to copy the glass, and delete faces or something, but im lost.

 

ANy tips will be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[William Alexander]

Salf,

 

One option is a boolean object. Create a cylinder that fits inside of the glass and use the compound boolean object, subtract glass from cylinander-Clone glass first.

 

Another simpler method draw a circle or closed spline (snap to glass verts). Convert to mesh. This will give you the water surface, but will not allow for refraction- air to glass and glass to water through the drinking glass.

 

WDA

[salf]

Thanks a lot for the tips, im gonna get into it.

 

Now, im gonna asks something rather silly, but im guessing i'll need this info later on.

 

Can somebody tell me an RGB or HSV value to match the color of "whiskey".

 

The thing is that im color blind, so this color picking and matching stuff for me is a big deal, hehe.

[William Alexander]

Blended, aged, charchol, oak barrell, Tennesee, Black Label, Red Label..........? If I see the color I can taste it .

 

How much Ice, straight, a little splash of cola.....?

 

It's kind of hard to scan a good stiff drink, though. Not so much laying the glass on it's side-but not drinking the contents before the scaner's lamp warms up .

 

H 31

S 62

B 43

Thats a PS aproximation. Sat down for water, maybe tend toward a mellow umber color for the hue.

 

It's all relative-or a good excuse to have a drink and do some test renders, grey scale anyway.

 

 

WDA

[salf]

a little splash of cola.....?

 

cola?!?!?!? for the whiskey?..., no thanks, i'll take mine just with water.

 

thanks for the reply, im gonna try those color settings. The type of whisky im aiming for could be right outtta the bottle, the image will be a glass of WHisky on the rocks, but you can imagine making the render (taking the photograph) as soon as you pour the whiskey in the glass with ice cubes, so it will keep its pure whiskey color.

 

Brand or type?.....12 years, lets say black label.

[salf]

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H 31

S 62

B 43

 

Are you sure about that?, im trying those settings but those are like dark green or something.

[William Alexander]

hey salf,

 

Brought the Bottle of Jack Daniels out, to check. It's evaporating faster than I'm sipping it these days anyway. The color was a damn good guess:D! A little dark, but in a tavern it's probably dead on.

 

The hsb values (previous) are Photoshop, degrees & %. (was rendering with max at the time). The RGB that is equivilent in is:

 

108

71

41

 

Viz HSV

 

19

158

108

 

It's on the dark side, bring the value up depending on lighting levels, for that special wiskey tone, you may want to lower the hue if the color tends towards green from the environment or a bluish light.

 

WDA

[salf]

 

The hsb values (previous) are Photoshop, degrees & %.

 

 

oh!...my fault then, i thought you misspeled HSV...hehehe.

Thanks!