D-form Tutorials - Handle
This is a basic tutorial to learn how to create a handle of a gear lever from a simple
cylinder made up with 2 bicubic patches.
1) Select "Preferences " from File menu and turn off the "Use FastBox preview" checkbox.
2) Turn off perspective preview ("Perspective" item from View menu).
3) Open the file "cylinder.POV" (see Picture 1).
Picture 1.
4) Turn on the "Deform selected" option from Options menu.
5) Select the Drag tool from the Button Palette.
6) Shift-drag to select the vertices like in Picture 2.
Picture 2.
7) Select "Top" from View menu. (See Picture 3).
Picture 3.
8) Select the Z axis with the Axis tool from the Button Palette.
9) Select the Move / Stretch tool from the Button Palette.
10) Command-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 4. (Note
that all the handles overlap and show up like one handle only).
Picture 4.
11) Select "Front" from View menu.
12) Control-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 5.
Picture 5.
13) Select the Drag tool from the Button Palette.
14) Shift-click somewhere in the withe background to deselect all the vertices.
15) Shift-drag to select the vertices like inPicture 6. (You need to make two separate
selections to select the vertices to avoid selecting the vertices in the close top
of the object).
Picture 6.
16) Select the X axis with the Axis tool from the Button Palette.
17) Select the Move / Stretch tool from the Button Palette.
18) Option-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 7.
Picture 7.
19) Select "Right" from View menu. (See Picture 8.)
Picture 8.
20) Option-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 9.
(Note the now you need to stretch the handle a little less than the previous stretch
so it will looks oval from above).
Picture 9.
21) Select "Front" from View menu.
22) Deselect all the vertices (see points 13 and 14).
24) Shift-drag to select the vertices like inPicture 10.
Picture 10.
25) Select "Centre" from the View menu. The object will translate to centre the selection
(see Picture 11). If "Deform selected" is off, the whole object will centre.
Picture 11.
26) Select the Hand tool from the Button Palette.
27) Select the Z axis with the Axis tool from the Button Palette.
28) Option-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 12.
(Since Option key is held down the object rotate only around the active axis).
Picture 12.
29) Turn off the "Deform selected" option from Options menu.
30) Select "Centre" from the Tools menu.
31) Deselect all the vertices (see points 13 and 14).
32) Shift-drag to select the vertices like inPicture 13
Picture 13.
33) Turn on the "Deform selected" option from Options menu.
34) Select the Move / Stretch tool from the Button Palette.
35) Select the X axis with the Axis tool from the Button Palette.
36) Option-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 14.
(This to stretch a little more the handle).
Picture 14.
37) Deselect all the vertices (see points 13 and 14).
38) Shift-drag to select the vertices like inPicture 15.
Picture 15.
39) Select "Bottom" from View menu. (See Picture 16.)
Picture 16.
40) Select the Move / Stretch tool from the Button Palette.
41) Select the Z axis with the Axis tool from the Button Palette.
42) Control-drag in the window until you obtain the result showed in Picture 17.
Picture 17.
43) Here you are the handle! (Picture 18.)
Now model the rest of the car! :)
Picture 18.
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