Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 16, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I posted this on another thread; and far from being just an offhand sketch, for me it was a proof of concept; that 3d Coat's modeling tools were enough to do serious realistic work, particularly hard edged work. So for my first real project after this little study I decided to begin a series with this little steel dentist's torque wrench. I'll be making more of the tools and setups for inserting dental implants in the coming weeks as time allows. After a lot of pushing from digman, I've finally found religion in cutting tools, thinking like a machinist. It'll will be interesting to see how far we can push this and find out just what is possible and what is impossible with voxels and booleans and geometric primitives. All that's left to do is one or two little touch ups and the painted logo and measurement markings on the torque slotted stay. The real torque wrench is only about 2.75 inches. Edited March 16, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted March 16, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 That is some really fine workmanship and clean work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member red2blue Posted March 16, 2015 Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 That looks awseome. Didn't know, that you could work so smooth and clean in a sculpting program. Would you mind to share some insights of how you did that? Would be really nice! Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 16, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) That looks awseome. Didn't know, that you could work so smooth and clean in a sculpting program. Would you mind to share some insights of how you did that? Would be really nice! Thanks a lot! It's about rapidly making cutting tools. Here's a simple bevel; You're going to be using the Primitives Tool a alot! Also you're going to make tools and store them in the Models menu that you can insert as cutting tools using the boolean subtract or add or intersect. When you insert a new primitive / model/ cutting tool into the scene don't forget to put it in a new layer or you won't be able to perform a boolean cut with it by subracting it or adding it or intersecting it with another layer. Edited March 16, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 16, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 You'll use the cutting tool a lot too, often with symmetry and always in orthographic mode. There's no pat solution for every problem. You're going to just have to sit down and think, sometimes hard about how you're going to emulate a problem that reality hands you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 16, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 And you'll need to learn the lathe tool which is located in the Primitives tab And you'd better become the master of the Pose tool too. I wouldn't think of using it without the Orthographic view in a set pane, like top front, right left bottom etc. [ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 16, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Digman and I found that the Axial Tool was buggy so he showed me that Symmetry works better if you alter it's settings to radial and choose the number of copies you want to replciate And if this seems all new to you, well it's almost as new to me too; I didn't realize this kind of hard edge work was possible in 3D Coat until this weekend after a few digman inspired experiments I made. . The power of an idea! Edited March 16, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member red2blue Posted March 16, 2015 Member Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I am speechless . Thank you so much for taking this hugh amount of time to lighten my little light bulb above my head !Seriously, I appriciate your detailes answere will try all you posted! Edited March 16, 2015 by red2blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted March 16, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 This is going to be a very interesting thread, albeit a little bit "painful" to follow (anyone remembers those low speed drills some dentists had in the 80's?) Looking forward to see more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member arumiat Posted March 19, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Great thread, please keep posting updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted March 20, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 yeah, amazing work! great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 24, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) 20 megapixels for $119.00!! And it does really nice macro shots effortlessly. I'm still using my Canon Powershot 14 megapixel camera and I get this quality hand held http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SLNPU08?psc=1 This version is only $109.00 for 20 megapixels. http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Silver/dp/B00I58LZRG/ref=pd_sim_sbs_p_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=06NR8YVDBNE5TSGE10P5 You can fit them in all sorts of weird little corners too so the size is an important consideration when working at a really small scale. And you can have it in your pocket all the time so when you see that texture or that form you need to grab in passing you'll have your camera out in the blink of an eye to get it. Edited March 24, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 25, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Edited March 25, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 25, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) This is as far as I'm taking the sculpt in this form. Rather than try to sculpt it all as one mass I'm going to clone it all uh...at least 33 times each tooth with its own layer but parented to the mass for moving it around and then carve away the mass leaving just one tooth and the gums.This will allow my to really separate the teeth in a way that no amount of high resolution carving on one solid mass can do and ultimately this will be better for texturing the gums vs the teeth.. I just love the 3d computer workflow More and more I'm finding the cut tool is indispensable early on in the mass shaping for giving an object it's fundamental structure, for following it's overall lines and angled masses. It brings me closest to drawing in 3d, it gives the line priorty in defining an object as it should be. Edited March 25, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 26, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Doing it with individual teeth really allows you to focus on the unique geometry of each kind of tooth, it's roundness, it's bevels the way it's planted in the gums. You want to stay as low res voxels as possible as long as possible when sculpting. When to raise the resolution? When it feels like you're wrestling with a half frozen garbage bag full of jello.. Edited March 26, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted March 26, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Thanks for the reference image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted March 27, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Still a fair bit of detail work to do on the fit between the gums and the teeth and the roots have to be worked on quite a bit but the major hurdles have been overcome. Edited March 27, 2015 by L'Ancien Regime 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Garagarape Posted March 28, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Wow! Cool workflow. I... well... I should go and brush my teeth before they turn to look like those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted July 4, 2015 Advanced Member Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) id say that's some winning spam botting and its gone... ( it was spam for a dental clinic) Edited July 4, 2015 by Aleksey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted July 4, 2015 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 id say that's some winning spam botting and its gone... ( it was spam for a dental clinic) Really? I wish you'd taken a screen shot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Stinkin' spammers! Really nice work by the way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BringItBack Posted July 12, 2015 Member Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Interesting - well, like you said, in a painful way- and like others here have posted, no idea 3DC was so capable with the fine detailing. Great thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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