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-Thomisback
Junior Member

3 years ago

Hi, I just started using 3D max 2009 and I have ran into some problems.
I'm trying to draw a 3D electric toothbrush onto a table in a bathroom. Now the problems I have are:
- I don't know how to curve the edges
- When I render the image one of the sides doesn't show up?
- I don't know how to apply a surface to both sides

This is a picture of the toothbrush I have been trying to draw and what I have tried in 3D max so far:
[Link to img530.imageshack.us]

and my source files can be found here (zipped):
[Link to www.rpgcrime.com]

Thanks for your time!

-Tyson
Senior Member

3 years ago

I'd start with a box with several segments, collapse to editable poly, move the verts around to shape the handle very roughly and add a turbosmooth. then adjust it further on the base mesh with show end result turned on in the modifier stack so you can see how the turbosmooth is effecting the mesh. then make the top part starting with a cylinder as a seperate object. maybe use a whole lot of little cylinders for the bristles.

-Altopais
Member

3 years ago

looks like you're missing a polygon there, you can fix it by going to edit poly / polygon and choose Create, to create a polygon you should connect 3-4 vertices.
To round up edges, select edges you want to round and apply chamfe to them. For more smoother result you can apply turbo smooth or mesh smooth modifier to object as Tyson mentioned.

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-Thomisback
Junior Member

3 years ago

Thanks for your advices, I'm going to try it right now!
I tried using splines in the above post.

-Thomisback
Junior Member

3 years ago

Could you tell me how to add a turbosmooth?

-Altopais
Member

3 years ago

just go to modify panel and from modifier list select turbosmooth, for more smooth result try increasing iterations from default 1 to 2.
Mesh smooth and turbosmooth can mess up your model if you dont chamfer the edges, also keep in mind that all of your verticies are welded together, no loose ones

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+Steve Martin
Moderator

3 years ago

There's a nice little chamfering tute by spitfire in this thread if you're having trouble with your edges.

[Link to www.3dsmaxforum.com]

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-Thomisback
Junior Member

3 years ago

Thanks again! I'm still messing around with the base design, one side of the toothbrush doesn't show up when I render it and the slope doesn't show up when I render it either. Any ideas?

-Thomisback
Junior Member

3 years ago

Forgot to mention: The sides of the toothbrush have been made using bridges

+isaac
Moderator

3 years ago

Well it looks like you understand how editable poly works. And it probably wouldn't take much for you to become very good.
Look how fast and easy editable poly can be:
[Link to www.youtube.com]
You can drag+shift the edges to make more faces. Extrude parts.
Smooth grouping (Smooth Groups) is a great way to define the hard edges in your model.
For example: