Mauler Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Quick tutorial to create ramp structures like spirals, catwalks etc. Cuts down modelling time to seconds. I am showing the basics of splines and loft tools for use W3D maps. Here is my maxfile with my splines I wish to make into climbable ramps, catwalks with rails. The circled spline is made up of rectangle splines oriented upright on the Z-axis, it makes the general form I wish to create for my helix, line splines above! Here I've selected the helix spline, with it selected press the 'geometry' button and where the 'standard primitives' rollout is click on 'Compound Objects' and select 'Loft'. Press 'Get Shape' under 'Creation Method' with instance on. Then click on the rectangle splines that make up your ramp. catwalk shape.. Once the loft has been completed it will give you a mesh to work with, my image shows the correct settings used for the helix ramp. Just copy my settings. Simply copy the same steps from the helix onto the other line splines and you will achieve the same results! Modelled in seconds! not hours! Completed and working in W3D viewer! Experiment and you can make some awesome things with this method! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raap Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 spline_setting.jpg What a nice face you got there, mate. But really, you're on a tutorial-making spree it seems! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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