{"id":826,"date":"2024-05-08T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=826"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:56:53","slug":"nurbs-curve-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liambenstead.co.uk\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"nCloth Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Week 2′ activity with Jason and Tom required us to look at different ways to model curved shapes such as a round table. One of those techniques was by using NURBS curves to easily draw what we wanted on to the Maya interface. Our task was to make a table, a cloth, fruit bowl and a piece of fruit for the week. Here is what I come up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. I failed to put a fruit bowl and fruit onto the table but it’s to reflect my progress so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know this isn’t a round table, but I wanted to flex my newfound extruding knowledge and edge loops to create a basic rectangular table to insert my cloth on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The two supports needed for my table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I added a flat surface on top to make it look like a table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Cloth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I selected another poly and hovered it above the table, making sure it is thin as a possible and it aligns with the center of the table perfectly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I switched to FX and selected the nCloth tool in the toolbar. The image is a bad result, but we can fix that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I looked in the object’s Channel Box and saw these subdivision options. Just in case, I set all to 50 to give me more edge loops on the polygon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It turned this square from around 12 polys to over 100.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The results are much better, although I still need to improve aligning the cloth perfectly to stop it falling off the table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week 2′ activity with Jason and Tom required us to look at different ways to model curved shapes such as a round table. One of those techniques was by using NURBS curves to easily draw what we wanted on to the Maya interface. Our task was to make a table, a cloth, fruit bowl and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-asset-design"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t