are you telling me I will be able to do Polygon modeling for game assets in the same program I do Industrial Design modeling for real world assets?!!!
Happy New Year to McNeel and Associated with SubD and Grasshopper and Common and ā¦
Any news on that? Can we expect to be able to fully model with SubD geometry in Rhino at some point even on the mac version?
At some point, certainlyā¦
In the future I may add ^.^
I am doing some SubD modeling in Maya currently, becuase I find that method more āorganicā and ānaturalā in the early design stage. It is like working with clay, only that it is digital. Getting some of that ability to Rhino is for me a super good news and I hope that it will work well and have a lot of options (MeshSmooth variable and so on).
SubD test video:
Was this a test to evaluate any new development or features?
The last time I asked (my mistake!) no one was actively working on the sub-D project. So very, very sad.
it is actively being worked on. Dale opened this thread so the community could follow it as it develops.
Sweet! Iām hoping to see these features in the next version of Rhino ā¦ or sooner!
Do people of the rhino-community use sub-d in their (everyday) workflows?
I never used this method and I wonder how you guys use it!
Hi,
Hereās an example where I used subD to form the foam body of a chair.
subD was a great workflow because I could tweak the shapes exactly how we wanted, with just a few controls.
Next I used a grasshopper definition to construct the volume and for the final model I did some manual editing like adding the transitions towards the legs, as well as some technical detailing.
7860 Tide Chair
-Willem
Thatās a great example of hybdrid modelling! SubD for smooth shapes and nurbs for controlled edges etc. Oh, and a nice pair of chairs they are too!
hybrid modelling is the most effective modeling. I hope McNeel can come up with some tools to embrace that in this monthās update.
And yeah those chairs are awesome @Willem. Iād love to get them for our new office but Iām afraid to check their price
Thanks,
To clarify: I did not design them. I made the production files for the foam mold and metal frame in cooperation with the designers and manufacturer.
OMG! I can buy another used motorcycle with that. ā¦And for furniture I think Iāll have to stick to IKEA for a few more years, but they are really gorgeous.
@Willem
Thank you for your example! The design looks pretty cool!
I just found these examples of the usage of Subd: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B09P4xZ8YSGfV1k2S3dxZFoxMzg
What would be a good workflow of creating the bear or the dragon?
Is it like āblocking outā mesh cubes --> mirror --> boolean union --> meshtonurbs --> manual fine tuning?
I have never used meshes, besides importing from sketchup-warehouse, in my modeling workflow, so it is pretty all new for me!
This was a one time project. Iām not that familiar with best practices in handling meshes for subD either. So Iām probably not much help setting you up Iām afraid.
-Willem
Is there a list of currently available sub-d commands?