From: Saeid Mohadjer <smohadjer@yahoo.com>
To: 3dsmax@engram.net <3dsmax@engram.net>
Subject: Re: Advice modeling a car in Max 2.5
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:33 AM

You better use patch or nurbs surfaces for that
purpose. But i suggest you first do some of the
simpler modeling such as those samples in maxhelp.
Polygons are not a good choice when it comes to
creating smooth and curve surfaces.
saeid

--- CATI <catii@iname.com> wrote:
> Bob:
> 
> I hate to say this, but MAX may not be the best tool
> for modeling a car....
> 
> In case you hadn't noticed, Detroit carmakers use
> CAD of all types, rather
> than a general-purpose rendering & animation package
> like MAX.  You simply
> can't get the same level of control with MAX as you
> can with, say, AutoCAD, as
> they're made for different (but complementary)
> purposes.
> 
> A plugin like Rhino will help a lot for an "organic"
> look, but for accurate 
> swept
> surfaces, I think AutoCAD would be your best bet at
> this point, Bob.
> 
> Aloha!
> 
> Ken
> *********
> At 12:28 PM 04/03/2000 -0400, Bob Gruen wrote:
> >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
> >around the outline of the car from the side to form
> a profile which I
> >extruded.  I then applied a FFD Box 4x4x4 to the
> mesh and used that to
> >shape the car a bit.
> >
> >I am kind of  at a loss for what to do here...  I
> have flat sides since
> >I extruded a flat spline.  I applied a MeshSmooth
> and it really made it
> >look bad...  Have I gone the wrong design route
> altogether?  Should I go
> >with what I have and extrude the sides, scale them
> down and repeat to
> >get a smoother curved side surface?
> >
> >Any advice, comments or thoughts would be highly
> appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Bob
> 
> Ken Goldstein, Ph.D.
> Executive Vice President
> Autodesk Area Education Representative -
> Hawaii/South Pacific
>
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