Tire thread tutorial.

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:22 am

Yeah I might have to, I think the way you do it gets a lot more complicated when you have to use two splines instead of one big one like in the tutorial.

Post by **Tibs** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:58 pm

I would agree that the thread is a bit complex, it should work though but with some more extra work.

If you need a simpel thread use the one from the tut <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... igwink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' /> should be ok then.

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:07 am

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If you now select the outer edges and extrude them a bit and replace them you should come up with this result.[/align]

What did you mean by "replace them"?I tried this with your threads and then same thing happened.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:14 am

That actually looks really neat lol.

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:31 am

Oh really?Thanks for the tip, I gotta try that out.Sorry for all the question and stuff but do you know why this is happening now?

Well I know one thing I was doing wrong on that ^ one, that's why it looks a little bit better.You wouldn't mind doing a video tutorial on this would you Dren?It shouldn't take but 5 minutes to recreate it, no?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:07 am

a Video tutorial of this written tutorial?

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:14 am

Yes sir. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /happy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'^_^\' />

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:23 am

Alright, give me a few... I'll even add audio lol

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:15 am

Do you know how frustrating it is when you make a video tutorial that's a good 15 minutes long and your screen recording software crashes while it's saving? I'll get this to you soonish .. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... #>/cry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' /> I'm real frustrated right now.

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:24 am

It's okay bro, take your time.And thank for doing this BTW.

Post by **Tibs** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:54 am

You need to make sure the outer edge of your thread is even, what I mean by this is that when you duplicate it several times every point is in a straight line. When you bend them they will make a nice circle. If there's no straight line you won't get a nice circle and not a good tire.

Does this make any sence?

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:34 pm

You need to make sure the outer edge of your thread is even, what I mean by this is that when you duplicate it several times every point is in a straight line. When you bend them they will make a nice circle. If there's no straight line you won't get a nice circle and not a good tire.

Does this make any sence?

Eh, kind of, but I think it might have something to do with the spacing, do you have a bigger picture of the unwraped tire then the one in the tutorial?

Also when I do the duplicate part it brings up more options then are listed in the tutorial.:

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:08 pm

Keep in mind this tutorial was written with C4D R9. We are on R10 so some things will be different.

Ambiguity · Post by **Ambiguity** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:21 am

What I've been doing is settings it to linear, enabling only Z, enabling Instances, setting copies to 104, leaving Per Step on, and setting Z to the size of my threads.Is that how you did yours Dren?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:19 am

Yes, that's exactly how I did it lol. My copies was a different number though, but that shouldn't matter.