Quick Tip: Model a Screw-Head using Subdivision Surfaces in Modo

Quick Tip: Model a Screw-Head using Subdivision Surfaces in Modo

Matt Brealey on Mar 1st 2010 with 10 comments

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In this Quick Tip you’ll learn how to easily create a screw-head using subdivision surface modeling techniques in Luxology’s Modo 302. Cutting holes in curved surfaces has always come with it’s fair share of issues, but hopefully this tutorial will show you one way in which it can be done whilst keeping the poly-count as low as possible.

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Matt is currently working as a freelance 3D designer in the UK, trying his hand at VFX work in his free-time. He loves learning new things, finding inspiring graphics, and dreaming up impossible fx shots.  

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Discussion 10 Comments

  1. LuiSerrano says:
    March 1, 2010 at 10:25 am

    Thanks…useful for eny 3d software

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  2. Skyrill says:
    March 1, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    nice, thanks for sharing

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  3. Johan says:
    March 2, 2010 at 10:26 am

    Great tut!

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  4. Matt Brealey says:
    March 18, 2010 at 12:48 am

    Cheers guys!

    Matt

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  5. Pascal says:
    April 11, 2010 at 3:06 am

    Nice tutorial, thank you !

    One thing though, the key to delete floating polys should be “delete”, not “backspace”, otherwise the vertices stay behind…

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  6. Diego says:
    August 24, 2010 at 10:50 am

    Ei man!! very nice tutorial.. thanks a lot !!!

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  7. Carl says:
    August 27, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    What exactly are did he say when he deleted the first polygons? 41 seconds into the vid.

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  8. Modeller says:
    January 25, 2011 at 8:12 am

    Thanks for the tutorial, applied nicely to my 3ds max problem. Keep up the good work!

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