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--- 3d:modeling [2025/03/23 15:50] – mh
+++ 3d:modeling [2025/04/16 18:17] (current) – [Modeling] mh
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 ====== Modeling ======
+  * **[[3d:modeling:topology|Topology]]**
+===== Method =====
+Box out the entire scene. Then take each element into rough detail first, then finer detail after.
+Loop cuts are a fast way to add topology but be wary of adding too much to stay in low poly.
+Moving vertices around a little randomly and rotating/scaling loop-cuts helps to give character really fast.
+==== Useful Techniques ====
+=== Extrude along a path ===
+Use **''CTRL'' + ''RIGHT CLICK''** to extrude along a path given by your clicks. This is very handy for extruding along crude curves created on the fly (handles, etc.)
+=== Plane and knife tool ===
+Sometimes its simpler to use a plane then knife your shape roughly through it making use of mirror modifiers for symmetry and to create thickness
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 ===== Stone Walls =====
 | {{3d:3d-stone-wall.png?340}} | Block out a large, medium and small stone shape. Apply scale. |
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 ==== Additional tips ====
-  * Go into side view and flatten each sides after adding the randomness. They tend to stick out too much and don't look very good in flat shading.
+  * Go into side view and flatten each sides after adding the randomness. They often tend to stick out too much which doesn't look very good in flat shading.
+  * Having the stones slightly overlap each other helps to avoid light sources leaking through the wall.
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+==== Additional tips ====
+  * Add dents by beveling a vertex and joining the two unconnected center vertices
+===== Parenting =====
+Use **''CTRL'' + ''P''** to parent a selection to the active object (opens the parenting menu).
+It's handy to parent a selection of meshes composing an object to an empty to be able to move the empty to place and move the object easily afterwards.
+When placing such empties, be wary of the origin point of the empty as snapping to faces afterward will use that empty's origin.
-==== Additional tips ====
-  * Add dents by beveling a vertex and joining the two unconnected center vertices