| How To Make Coiled Up Wire |
 Stephen R. |
Hey guys. I can't seem to come up with a way to make this and have it look decent.
I need to make wound up copper wire, like what you would see on an electro-magnetic motor.
Can anyone show me a method on how to do this?
The Artist Formerly Known as Bryan C.
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2/7/2010 7:38:42 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 7:38:42 PM)
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| Nik Clark |
Make one ring, duplicate it to create a row of them, then randomise the position and angles so they look like the image?
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2/7/2010 8:03:39 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 8:03:39 PM)
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| Stianbl |
As Nik said =)
To randomize you could select all the wires, and add a ripple modifyer. Tune down the wavelength and play around with the amplitudes.
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2/7/2010 9:19:28 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 9:19:28 PM)
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| Stephen R. |
I hate starting new threads, so I'll just ask here.
Im obviously having to work on quite a small scale for this project (down to about .5mm), and I am running into a lot of Z-Depth issues. Is there a way to fix this, or should I just scale the whole model up x10 and multiply all my dimensions by ten or something?
I'm using calipers to find the dimensions and up until now Ive just been plugging them in. But with the Z-Depth issues, it makes it very hard to work, as I work in perspective view A LOT
The Artist Formerly Known as Bryan C.
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2/7/2010 10:56:14 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 10:56:14 PM)
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| Nik Clark |
None of the advice above helped you then?
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2/7/2010 11:19:51 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 11:19:51 PM)
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| Stephen R. |
Yah it did help, new question xD I hate spamming forums with new threads.
The Artist Formerly Known as Bryan C.
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2/7/2010 11:28:18 PM (last edit: 2/7/2010 11:28:18 PM)
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| Nik Clark |
I think you missed my point.
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2/8/2010 12:27:28 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 12:27:28 AM)
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| Dave |
*cough* say thank you *cough*
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2/8/2010 12:35:30 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 12:35:30 AM)
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| Stephen R. |
.... You'll have to excuse me, Im autistic, could somebody please explain what the hell is going on?
The Artist Formerly Known as Bryan C.
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2/8/2010 12:58:38 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 12:58:38 AM)
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| donvella |
depends what your using this for. The best thing about 3D is you dont hold it your hand, unless thats the outcome you desire. Does the 'actual' size matter? cant you just model it however large you want, then scale it back down if you need?
Alternatively if your just going to use this in a montage of some sort, cant you just render it (even if the model was 10x10meters in max) when you put it in photoshop you have complete size control... or maybe i completely missed what your talking about.
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Vella
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2/8/2010 1:27:19 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 1:28:00 AM)
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| Stephen R. |
Yah it IDEALLY needs to be modelled to exact scale. I figure I'll just scale it back down when Im done.
The Artist Formerly Known as Bryan C.
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2/8/2010 1:58:11 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 1:58:11 AM)
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| Stianbl |
scale it back down? I dont understand. YOu know you can zoom in if it's too small ^^ hehe
Z-Depth? Whats the problem there?
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2/8/2010 2:40:15 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 2:40:15 AM)
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| mrgrotey |
>>"could somebody please explain what the hell is going on? "
He just wanted a little thanks for helping you get a result to your question instead of replying with another question.
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2/8/2010 9:50:17 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 9:50:17 AM)
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| Nik Clark |
I didn't realise you were Autistic. That explains why you don't thank people who help you.
Not a problem.
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2/8/2010 9:55:21 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 9:55:21 AM)
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| tuna |
Jeez Nik, way to hate on the disabled you NAZI :|
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2/8/2010 10:10:57 AM (last edit: 2/8/2010 10:10:57 AM)
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