Comments on: Tip: Cutting a Hole in a Curved Surface http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/ Blender 3D Tutorials and Training Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Meelis http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-479 Meelis Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:05:47 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-479 Nice tutorial Snap tool had to be activated in Blender 2.49.2 Wireframe mode has to be off. Nice tutorial

Snap tool had to be activated in Blender 2.49.2
Wireframe mode has to be off.

]]> By: Ian http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-478 Ian Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:45:21 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-478 Nice tutorial, but nothing happens when I hit "F" in edit mode. I am running 2.55. Please help so I can wrap up this tutorial! ; ) Thanks for all of your hard work. I am really coming along while learning Blender, thanks to you. Ian Nice tutorial, but nothing happens when I hit “F” in edit mode. I am running 2.55. Please help so I can wrap up this tutorial! ; )

Thanks for all of your hard work. I am really coming along while learning Blender, thanks to you.

Ian

]]> By: Bee Eckhoff http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-477 Bee Eckhoff Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:56:33 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-477 Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht.. Ich habe nur immer meine Finger in Wunden gelegt, die sonst unter den Tisch gekehrt worden wären. Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht.. Ich habe nur immer meine Finger in Wunden gelegt, die sonst unter den Tisch gekehrt worden wären.

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-476 Jonathan Williamson Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:51:09 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-476 The retopo tool is currently part of the Snapping tools. You can use it by enabling snapping to the surface and snapping to other objects. -Jonathan The retopo tool is currently part of the Snapping tools. You can use it by enabling snapping to the surface and snapping to other objects.

-Jonathan

]]> By: Jan http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-475 Jan Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:48:41 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-475 Hi, Please where could i find retopo tool in blender 2.5 beta? Thanks Hi,
Please where could i find retopo tool in blender 2.5 beta?
Thanks

]]> By: Stephen Koroknay http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-474 Stephen Koroknay Tue, 11 May 2010 23:44:54 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-474 This is extremely useful for me because i want to be able to intersect cylinders and be able to make complex window frames in curved walls, etc. Thanks for this salient tutorial. I was also confused about the retopo action: G, Y, Right-Click. The first time i tried it, it didn't respond at all. Also i get a different context menu when i press F. I had to manually make all the new faces, between the circle and the edge loop opening. I am using 249.2. Excellent topic, thanks again. This is extremely useful for me because i want to be able to intersect cylinders and be able to make complex window frames in curved walls, etc. Thanks for this salient tutorial. I was also confused about the retopo action: G, Y, Right-Click. The first time i tried it, it didn’t respond at all. Also i get a different context menu when i press F. I had to manually make all the new faces, between the circle and the edge loop opening. I am using 249.2.

Excellent topic, thanks again.

]]> By: GuiT http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-473 GuiT Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:40:55 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-473 To me as a newby (I DL'ed Blender about six weeks ago and put approx. 36 hrs. of playing/learning in it) it was really easy to follow even though the tutorial was tagged as advanced. About the "G … Y … right-click" example: I did pick it up without thinking, prolly because most of the newby tuts keep mentioning those keyboard shortcuts. So this post is not to critique Mike's critique, but mainly to say: THANX to Jonathan and all those other fine people in the Blender community that are putting up all these great tutorials! Me likes Blender alot! :-) so thanks again to all "tutors". To me as a newby (I DL’ed Blender about six weeks ago and put approx. 36 hrs. of playing/learning in it) it was really easy to follow even though the tutorial was tagged as advanced. About the “G … Y … right-click” example: I did pick it up without thinking, prolly because most of the newby tuts keep mentioning those keyboard shortcuts.
So this post is not to critique Mike’s critique, but mainly to say: THANX to Jonathan and all those other fine people in the Blender community that are putting up all these great tutorials!
Me likes Blender alot! :-) so thanks again to all “tutors”.

]]> By: Mehmet PINARCI http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-472 Mehmet PINARCI Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:10:40 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-472 yeah dude I am one those video rubbers . But hey ,well done tutorial Jonathan , thanks . yeah dude I am one those video rubbers . But hey ,well done tutorial Jonathan , thanks .

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-471 Jonathan Williamson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:12 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-471 Thank you for the excellent critique Mike, there's are the things I like to hear. They let me know where to focus to continue improving the quality of the tutorials. Thank you for the excellent critique Mike, there’s are the things I like to hear. They let me know where to focus to continue improving the quality of the tutorials.

]]> By: Mike Robinson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2009/09/09/tip-cutting-a-hole-in-a-curved-surface/#comment-470 Mike Robinson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:21 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=695#comment-470 Jonathan, this one is just a -little- -bit- "rushed." When you know all of the short-cut tricks it is very easy to "lose" someone who does not. As an example, "G ... Y ... right-click." You instantly, instinctively did that, but give the viewer no time to absorb what they just saw, unless they rubbed the video a few times to watch that bit again. A better approach would have been to -show- in the menu what each keystroke does, pausing very slightly after each one (even if you do not say anything), then find a way to repeat the process again, this time demonstrating the faster keyboard-shortcut. "Repeat key points." The pace keeps-up, if not speeds-up, as you whisk through the process of adjusting the edges. Again, interject slight pauses so that a person who has not seen what you are doing can follow what you are doing, without giving the sense that you are being condescending and/or intentionally slowing yourself down. In short, "go ahead and let it be an eight-and-a-half minute video." You've got an excellent presentation style and it's good that you incorporate practical-shortcuts into the workflows that you present. Just watch for those "pause to think" moments that someone will need when following along with what you're presenting. They are brief, but important. Thumbs-up, as usual. Jonathan, this one is just a -little- -bit- “rushed.” When you know all of the short-cut tricks it is very easy to “lose” someone who does not.

As an example, “G … Y … right-click.” You instantly, instinctively did that, but give the viewer no time to absorb what they just saw, unless they rubbed the video a few times to watch that bit again. A better approach would have been to -show- in the menu what each keystroke does, pausing very slightly after each one (even if you do not say anything), then find a way to repeat the process again, this time demonstrating the faster keyboard-shortcut. “Repeat key points.”

The pace keeps-up, if not speeds-up, as you whisk through the process of adjusting the edges. Again, interject slight pauses so that a person who has not seen what you are doing can follow what you are doing, without giving the sense that you are being condescending and/or intentionally slowing yourself down.

In short, “go ahead and let it be an eight-and-a-half minute video.” You’ve got an excellent presentation style and it’s good that you incorporate practical-shortcuts into the workflows that you present. Just watch for those “pause to think” moments that someone will need when following along with what you’re presenting. They are brief, but important.

Thumbs-up, as usual.

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