From: 3D Bastard <3dbastard@rankudo.com>
To: 3D Studio MAX Mailing List <3DSMAX@engram.net>
Subject: Re: Advice modeling a car in Max 2.5
Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:43 AM

Well since you have images in max for reference, I'd recommend mapping your
reference images on planes, clicking the show map in viewport, then scaling
the mapping to make each car in the image the same size. You should have at
least three images, front, profile, back. Then you can trace all the
important profiles in splines, ooops, I just realized you had 2.5, and I'm
not sure there is a surface modifier or similar free plugin. But you should
still setup the reference images the same way, but you might need to use
nurbs. Nurbs will deliver the best results but if you're not familiar with
them then you've got a steep curve ahead.

Hope it helps,
Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Gruen
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: Advice modeling a car in Max 2.5


> I would like to create a mesh model of a car (Pontiac TransAm) in Max
> 2.5.  I was wondering if anyone could offer suggestions as to the best
> method to accomplish this or any tip that I could use along the way.
>
> I started by getting many images to look at and use as backgrounds in my
> viewports and by getting measurements to use.  Then I traced a spline


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