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Need help modeling a Fish About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. Need help modeling a Fish // New Users 1  |   Order by default Post by mmakrzem // Jun 29, 2006, 1:24am mmakrzem Total Posts: 17 I am trying to create a simple model of a fish. I've started by taking an image and tracing the fish out. I then used the loft tool to get this: http://www.marek-knows.com/buzz3d/fish.jpg How do I now create curved surfaces to fit into both "sides" of the fish? Is there an easier way to do this? Post by Bobbins // Jun 29, 2006, 2:47am Bobbins Total Posts: 506 Had you used a NURBS curve and lofted it you would have been able to use the CAP tool to fill the sides in, but it looks like this has been converted to Polys already. Because of the complexity of the shape the easiest way I can think of is to scale it so it is thicker, then use it to boolean subtract the shape out of a thin box like a cookie cutter. Perfom a "Decompose into Objects" on the booleaned thin box then delete the outside area of the shape. Post by splinters // Jun 29, 2006, 2:55am splinters Total Posts: 4148 I would have started with a square (or hexagon) and extruded from the outer faces so I already had a 3D opject to mess with. Give me a minute and I will try it...;) Of course, this is a poly-did you want a NURB based fish? Post by splinters // Jun 29, 2006, 3:07am splinters Total Posts: 4148 Even better, put your reference image on a plane behind and model to it. Since the last post, I got the image, set up the scene and began modelling-took grabs edited them and posted-so it is pretty quick and easy. Hope this helps you. Though admittedly-12 minutes is a bit rubbish! Post by mmakrzem // Jun 29, 2006, 2:06pm mmakrzem Total Posts: 17 Man I think I need some modeling lessons cause I'm lost. How did you make that 6 sided shape that you are extruding? Post by splinters // Jun 29, 2006, 7:57pm splinters Total Posts: 4148 I drew it using the regular polygon tool then turned it on its side and swept the shape. Post by Zeipher // Jun 30, 2006, 1:33am Zeipher Total Posts: 224 How did yuou make the original fish shape mmakrzem? Try doing that again, but instead of using loft, use the extrude tool. It is easier to do it the way splinters did, but it depends on whether you're aiming for realism or not. Post by mrbones // Jun 30, 2006, 3:42am mrbones Total Posts: 1280 You could also right click on the cylinder primitive Icon:icon_PolyCylinder: and set the # of sides to six. Man I think I need some modeling lessons cause I'm lost. How did you make that 6 sided shape that you are extruding? Post by splinters // Jun 30, 2006, 8:34am splinters Total Posts: 4148 This is the tool I used for the hexagon; :icon_RegularPolygon

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