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Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 11:04
by akkechi
:element:
Part1 Beginner :wacky:

Part2 Little polygon

Part3 tubes

※It is not perfect, but if you do not have a preference, this is enough. :3d:

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 12:35
by Sphax
A way which would produce less polygons is by using same technique but positioning origin on the middle of each element (instead of border). ;)

Also, before rotating elements, be sure to remove hidden faces to create less polygons.

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 12:50
by akkechi
Sphax wrote: 11 Dec 2016, 12:35 A way which would produce less polygons is by using same technique but positioning origin on the middle of each element (instead of border). ;)

Also, before rotating elements, be sure to remove hidden faces to create less polygons.
I also do a method to decide the rotation axis, but I chose an easy method. :cry:

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 13:17
by Sphax
That's cool to see such video in a short format. The 1st method is nice to create tubes and second to create cylinders.

The 2 videos you made are showing how easy it is now to rotate elements thank to v2.4. ;)

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 13:40
by Geenium
You can increase the accuracy of the shape by using 5.028 instead of 5 for the length of elements, this way the elements will line up much better with each other.

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Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 13:58
by akkechi
Sphax wrote: 11 Dec 2016, 13:17 That's cool to see such video in a short format. The 1st method is nice to create tubes and second to create cylinders.

The 2 videos you made are showing how easy it is now to rotate elements thank to v2.4. ;)
I made a video in Part 3.

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 14:07
by CaptainGalax
btw, a Hexagon & hexadecagon is planed for my Addon!:)

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 11 Dec 2016, 16:24
by Sphax
CaptainG4laxy wrote: 11 Dec 2016, 14:07 btw, a Hexagon & hexadecagon is planed for my Addon!:)
Your addon is using meshes. The videos @akkechi made are useful if users want to keep the clean/smooth/lowpoly aspect which can't be get after a voxelization. ;)

@akkechi your 3rd video is private ;)

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 12 Dec 2016, 02:14
by akkechi
Oh, Sorry ... I released it now. ;)

Re: Tip:How to make a hexadecagon

Posted: 21 Feb 2017, 16:49
by Vexilius
Here's a template I made.