Project 2: Poly / Subdivision Surface Modeling

Assigned:	Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003
Due	Monday, Oct 21, 2003

Turn-in

·         One image of your modeled poly hand

·         One image of your modeled poly head

Please save all  your Maya .ma or .mb file at    \\gfilesrv2\student_data\cse458_au03\_Shared\_Project TurnIn

Email an 800X600 high quality JPG screen grab to cse458-staff@cs.washington.edu by EOD Monday Oct 20, 2003.

Please name your file “yourlastname_yourfirstname_projectname”.jpg “yourlastname_yourfirstname_projectname”.mb or.ma

 

What to Do

Complete exercises from the following pdf file: instantmaya.pdf    or   at \\gfilesrv2\student_data\cse458_au03\_Shared\_pdf

·        2 Polygonal Modeling

·        4 Subdivision Surfaces

Use poly/subdivision modeling tools to model a head and hand.

 

Tools/ techniques 

Poly Hand/Face:

View>Images planes>Import image…

Create>Poly/subdivison primitives

Edit Polygon>Split Polygon Tool

Edit Polygons>Extrude Face / Extrude Edge

Polygon>Smooth

Edit Polygons> Merge Vertices

Edit Polygons> Normals> Soften/Harden

Display>Custom Polygon Display options> Backface Culling>on

Polygons>Combine

Modify> convert> Subdiv to Polygons

 

SudD Hand/Face

Modify> convert> Polygons to Subdiv

Sudiv Surface> Poly Proxy mode/Standard mode

Refine

 

Additional Resources

http://www.alias.com/eng/community/3d101/index.jhtml?cat=2&list=1&x=8&y=8

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/modelingears/

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/michaelb/seamless1.3d

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/subdiv/

http://www.highend3d.com/global/tutorials/subdmodel/

 

Reference info

http://creative.gettyimages.com/photodisc/

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/patch/

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/peter/model2.3d