{"id":567,"date":"2024-05-03T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=567"},"modified":"2024-05-03T21:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:09:59","slug":"modelling-the-assets-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"Modelling the Assets Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was time for me to get started making the assets for the airport environment. I have begun the process by starting with the ticket machine gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1 – Airport Security Gate<\/em> (Secunet, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 2 – Bordeaux Airport Gates<\/em> (PassengerSelfService.com, 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve followed the image clearly to try and replicate something like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like with the previous asset, I gathered a few reference images to aid in my design of a standard check-in desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 3 – Front view of an airport check-in desk. (skyNext, 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 4 – A closer, side view of a check-in desk. (Alibaba.com, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I followed through the design of an existing check-in desk to model something like this, including the passport scanner and computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After texturing the asset, I exported it into Unreal and expanded the geometry to accommodate them. I also mirrored the duplicated asset and aligned it next to the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also mirrored the duplicated asset and aligned it next to the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the individual rocks, I have used a script that easily saves a lot of time (3DWolf, 2017; rockGen Maya Script.rar<\/em>, 2017). I saved the script in Maya’s preferences folder for it to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I typed the rockGen script to get this window to pop up. Then I tested it out to create some varying rocks in sizes and scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UV’ing rocks would be approached differently to doing an automatic UV unwrap. I applied a spherical projection onto the mesh before I unwrapped it so that the textures would wrap around the mesh. (hansfrans47, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I compared the spherical UV’ed mesh with an automatic UV’ed rock, and the results show less seams on the top mesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going back to the airport landscape, I gathered a few more reference images of assets that need to be modelled, beginning with the immigration desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 5 – Airport Immigration Desk<\/em>s (TomoPlace Official, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 6 – A single immigration desk<\/em> (Dreamstime, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With it being symmetrical, I only had to model half of the asset and mirror it across to get this nice-looking model ready to be textured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up was the metal detector that would act as part of the security checkpoint that passengers will go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 7 – An airport metal detector<\/em> (Westminster Group Plc, 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 8 – Pair of metal detectors with luggage scanners<\/em> (Jirasukhanont, 2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The supports were easy to accomplish, as I only had to work with a cylinder, cutting one half and mirroring it across. I made sure to detail the roof from the front and added the baggage area of the asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asset Creation – Airplane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next on the list were the airplanes that would touch down and fly out of the airport. I wanted to go big and try to model something along the lines of what my reference images tell me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 9 – A grounded airplane.<\/em> (Gintaras,2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 10 – Airplane vector image<\/em> (VectorStock Media, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 11 – Airplane Engine<\/em> (Duivis, 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I will be following a tutorial to make this type of asset (Art MZ, 2021). The first thing I did was flip a cylinder 90 degrees and scale it out to make the torso of the aircraft. I then selected the face on either side to make the wing before modelling the jet engines and the upper wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The detailing starts with adding the doors and windows of the aircraft before adding the wheels for the plane to touch down on the runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After using Substance to texture the airplane thoroughly and appropriately, I plugged them into the asset within Maya and exported it into the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3DWolf (2017) Creating Rocks in Autodesk Maya 2017 using rockGen Script | Maya Modelling Tutorials<\/em> [Video] Available online: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_pjfGBfQMWA [Accessed 28th January 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alibaba.com (2023) Modern Information Equipment Check-in Airport Counter.<\/em> Available online: https:\/\/www.alibaba.com\/product-detail\/Modern-Information-Equipment-Check-in-Airport_60570475678.html [Accessed 4th January 2022]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art MZ (2021) Airplane 3d modeling (Autodesk Maya 2020)<\/em> [Video] Available online: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wN97pDqDtrc [Accessed 6th February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreamstime (2023) Airport passport control isometric illustration. <\/em>Available online: https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/airport-passport-control-isometric-illustration-airlines-terminal-reception-desk-d-isolated-clipart-white-background-check-image172331366 [Accessed 10th February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duivis, R. (2018) Jet engine propulsion; the comparison of power between a car and an aircraft? KLM Blog.<\/em> 6 December. Available online: https:\/\/blog.klm.com\/jet-engine-propulsion-the-comparison-of-power-between-a-car-and-an-aircraft\/ [Accessed 6th February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gintaras B. (2019) Composition or an airplane on the ground. Digital Photography Review. <\/em>26 March. Available online: https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/forums\/thread\/4378333 [Accessed 2nd February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hansfrans47 (2016) UV unwrap a rock with high poly count. Autodesk Forums.<\/em> 19 December. Available online: https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/maya-forum\/uv-unwrap-a-rock-with-high-poly-count\/td-p\/6758884 [Accessed 15th February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jirasukhanont, K. (2017) 3d rendering airport security checkpoint with security gates and scanner machine.<\/em> [Stock Photo]. 19 July. Available online: https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/3d-rendering-airport-security-checkpoint-with-security-gates-and-scanner-image159458589.html?imageid=8E8C6672-E77F-4440-8A7F-EC5A51D38944&p=387181&pn=1&searchId=da0041d740cdd965d93378e9c71a5bf0&searchtype=0 [Accessed 29th January 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PassengerSelfService.com (2022) Bordeaux Airport installs biometric egates at border control. PASSENGER SELF SERVICE<\/em>. 19 May. Available online: https:\/\/www.passengerselfservice.com\/2022\/05\/bordeaux-airport-installs-biometric-egates-at-border-control\/ [Accessed 3rd January 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

rockGen Maya Script.rar<\/em> (2017) [Maya Script] 25 August. Available online: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BysPFpTWdgLCQ1NfOUFRM3hNN2M\/view?resourcekey=0-j6sBVEnHuByy0Yo_Sd6p-g [Accessed 12th May 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secunet (2023) Automated airport border gate easygate<\/em>. Available online: https:\/\/www.aeroexpo.online\/prod\/secunet-security-networks-ag\/product-172280-69028.html [Accessed 3rd January 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

skyNext (2019) Check-in area of a modern airport stock photo.<\/em> [Stock Photo] 21 March. Available online: https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/check-in-area-of-a-modern-airport-gm1137167810-303137383 [Accessed 4th January 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TomoPlace Official (2021) Immigration Counter 3D Model Scene<\/em> [3D Model] Available online: https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/ELD3Qn [Accessed 10th February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VectorStock Media (2023) One airplane on ground vector image.<\/em> Available online: https:\/\/www.vectorstock.com\/royalty-free-vector\/one-airplane-on-ground-vector-4190369 [Accessed 2nd February 2023]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westminster Group Plc (2022) WTS1 Walk Through Metal Detector.<\/em> Available online: https:\/\/www.wg-plc.com\/product\/wts1-walk-through-metal-detector [Accessed 29th January 2023]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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