[shyy]

Hi everyone,

I am attempting the Mclaren tutorial and will need help and your guidance througout :p

I have always wanted to make a realistic car and have tried with nurbs and got pretty far then got lost. I have never done spline modeling before so I hope its easy to follow.

Here is the free tutorial part.

How do i get my user interface the same as Philip's ?
My Numeric thing floats

Now on to the splines

[leroy3rd]

The way I matched my screen to Phillip's (with the numeric and layer windows on the side) was to size down the size of the lightwave window (instead of having it full-screen, then place and size my other windows as necessary... if you close LightWave after you do this, it should save these positions. By the way, welcome!

[shyy]

Thanks Leroy3rd

Here is what I'm at from the end of the first tutorial. So far so good

Hows it? C&C please

thats the stuff mate! good start

I hear great things about this tutorial so Im sure you will learn loads

[shyy]

Yep, learning alot already

Just did tutorial 2, woah the rear part was the hardest, might have to redo it over since lots of time the blueprint didn't match all views.

[Johnny9ball]

Hi welcome I hope you enjoy this tutorial as much as I do. You have a great start there, nice spline cage. I also notice that my blueprints dont match exactly all the time but dont worry to much just keep it close.

[Mark]

Yep, blueprints not matching perfectly is a constant problem - no matter what you're modelling. Still, since we're not working in a CAD package, precise measurements don't matter too much, so just eyeball it - if it looks right, then it pobably is right

You've made a great start on that so far already. The only advice I can give you at the moment here is just to make sure that you've got each section right before moving on - and make sure to save (as different files) on a regular basis.

[shyy]

Having some patching problems.
All the edges are welded, but I still can't patch it. I get curves do not cross correctly.

[Mark]

Since you've checked that all the points at the patch corners are welded correctly, the next thing to look at is the direction of the curves. Try flipping your curves one by one to see if that makes a difference.

[shyy]

Thanks didn;t know flipping on a curve would effect, will try now

[shyy]

Ah found the problem, I sometimes used the polygon instead of control + p spline poly, fixed the bottom part.

This is awesome!

End of Tut 3

onto 4

cool mate

1 thing: if you could make you screenshots a little smaller it would be great

thx man and great start

[shyy]

Hey everyone, took a day of break.
Here is end of tut 4.

Im surprised it came out pretty good, my wire is so messy :/

Kevin is this better?

Hmm still quite big in the width.

Here goes again

[shyy]

Hmmw ont let me add pic when i delete.

[shyy]

Got Stuck on Tutorial 5
Don't know why I can't patch them.
All points are welded too



What should I do?