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May 16^th, 2004 at 2:02am

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Well, here's after a bit of practice. I did a lot of hiding points to get them lined up where they should be. I did as suggested, and cloned the fuselage and flipped the polygons to make the interior fuselage. Then I made a little runner to go around the edge. I am concerned about the distortion around the front of the cockpit and whether or not it's be visible after textures have been added. So you pro's out there, got any comments?

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Reply #1 - May 16^th, 2004 at 4:34pm

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Dread,I'm not a pro,but very nice work there.As they say practice makes pain and then the gain,or pain then practice,or is it no gain alot of pain,anyway keep it up.
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Reply #2 - May 16^th, 2004 at 4:51pm

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Wow... That looks great 8)

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Reply #3 - May 16^th, 2004 at 5:00pm

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Coming along v.nicely indeed Kevin Wink

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Reply #4 - May 16^th, 2004 at 6:10pm

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Thanks guys. I am now working on the ribbing on the inside of the cockpit. After that, I'll work on the engine some more...

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Reply #5 - May 16^th, 2004 at 6:12pm

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keep it up looking promising

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Reply #6 - May 16^th, 2004 at 6:54pm

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The "distortion" may be due to the way the smoothing of the polygons is being calculated.

You may want to select the polygons immediately around the cockpit opening and set those to a different smoothing group.

In polygon mode, select the polygons and then hit <F2>. In the dialog box, set the "smoothing group" number to one higher than shown.

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Reply #7 - May 16^th, 2004 at 11:17pm

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Thanks Felix. As I go along, this thing is getting more and more difficult to manipulate. I assume it's because of all the poly's in it. Is there anyway to thin this thing out and make it easier to move it around?

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Reply #8 - May 16^th, 2004 at 11:57pm

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Do you think the fact that I've just disovered I accidently cloned the entire fuselage might have something to do with that? Embarrassed

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Reply #9 - May 17^th, 2004 at 12:03am

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Any chance you could write down every single step you took to get to that point? I've read every tutorial I can get my hands on and I don't get half that far! Excellent work!

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Reply #10 - May 17^th, 2004 at 12:49am

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Me? A tutorial? I think many out there are more qualified than I for that one. Perhaps after I have a few planes under my belt. I think the main problem with most tutorials out there now are that it's hard to remember where the little epiphanies occured. You get so used to something, that you forget how you banged your head on the desk for a week trying to figure it out.

The only two things I can think of right now (after a four hour session on this) is that the basic object that every part is formed from in FSDS 2 is the tube. From that, you can extrude any shape you want. Every shape I have used so far, including the trim, is tubes. The other is learn how to clone parts, then make a slightly smaller clone of the fuselage to cover holes left by deleting points to cut out the cockpit.

Good luck Scott, and if there's anything I can do to help you with this, I will. I prefer to follow the example set by Felix and others here, and help those who have not discovered the same things I have yet...

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