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wingpod in gmax how? (Read 344 times)
Apr 1st, 2004 at 8:44am

gervaldi   Offline
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Hi
I want to know which is the best way to build in gmax the wingpod (the part of the fuselaje where wings attach to it and bays for l and r gear are ) of a jet airliner:
a) a line -> extrude -> 4-5 segments, then scale uniform each segment ?
b) a box ?
c) a cilinder ?
Please help me and give some detail
Thank you.
 
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Reply #1 - Apr 1st, 2004 at 1:53pm

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ooh, that a tough one... it's probably the hardest part of the external model

what i did for my 737 was to use a cylinder that i shaped as the the wingpod, and then welded it to the fuselage, of course it required a lot of vertex pushing untill i got the shape of it just right

here's how it looks:



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you can see where i welded the cylinder to the fuselage

hope this gives you an idea of where to start Wink
 

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Reply #2 - Apr 1st, 2004 at 2:32pm

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Thanks for the answer.
I will try your way...  Smiley

But what do you think about a loft, you know, a shape and a line (a compound object)...?
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 1st, 2004 at 3:07pm

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Thanks for the answer.
I will try your way...  Smiley

But what do you think about a loft, you know, a shape and a line (a compound object)...?


That would give you the basic shape, but you still have to push vertices.

Another possible way would be to extrude the group of polygons that make up the "pod" and with judicious creating of edges, etc,build up the shape.
 

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