Mike Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Hy I don't know if i post in the googd topic, but i try...we'll see I have to model a big scene, many objects, ESPECIALLY shutters, which are made whith 50 surfaces each !! There are about 250 shutters in the projext i model.... i really don't know how to represent them.. If someone has an idea.... Thaxx per advance Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 by the sounds of it these shutters are a pretty prominent feature in the scene. if they are then just try to take it easy on the poly count, ppl wont nessesarily be focused souly on the shutters so lowering the polycount is a wise move. if i got a load of shutters or louvres to do i use a flat surface with a bitmap on it. most effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 What software are you using for modelling and rendering. If you are modelling in Max I would model one shutter then make all others 'Instance' copies of the original. Renderers like Brazil and VRay are very efficient when rendering lots of instanced objects. That's how they do those billion, trillion polygon renders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 16, 2003 Author Share Posted March 16, 2003 Thanxx guys...You're right STRAT, Shutters are not only a prominent feature...They ARE the project... I model whith Rhinoceros, and render scenes whith max 5 radiosity renderer (quite the same as viz radiosity).... Don't know yet which method i'll use, but 10xx for advices Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 If all 250 shutters are the same you could model one in rhino then when you bring the model into max copy it to all the required positions, copying it as instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 I found a fantastic plug... power solids.. Exports acis files from rhino to max !! Not a loss in the geometry!! all curves perfects http://www.npowersoftware.com/download.html Great..$95.00 :ebiggrin: Bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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