This watch strap is my first SubD model, please advise if I am doing the strap in the right way or not. Thank you.
watch_strap.3dm (394.3 KB)
Looks fine to me. Is there something you don’t like?
Many roads lead to Rome!
I am not sure the tip should be modeled like that, and not sure the stitch line should be done that way, as the tip part looks like a mess?
regarding subD it s always important to check the positions of star-points (vertices, that don t have 4 Faces) . (and non-quads / n-gons (= faces with 5 or more corners))
to have nice control over edges - best approach is to have a faceloop / stripe of faces along the edge.
with this in mind - i suggest the following 2 improvements:
(bottom = original, top = suggestion)
watch_strap_02_tp.3dm (3.3 MB)
and my guess is, that you might get the same shape with less faces…
check (this forum or google…) for “subdivision modeling typology”
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Thanks for the suggestion, is there a command or method to create faceloop / stripe of face along the edge? Or do I need to manipulate manually?
there is no single command (or at least i do not know it)
I mainly used
_extrudeSubD (starting with an edgeloop)
other commands you should have a look at:
_inset
_stich
_3dFace
_appendFace
_bridge
_insertEdge
_insertPoint
for subD also gumball is super powerful.
check the forum or the mcneel resources for tutorials … you ll find a lot of very nice stuff / videos / …
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