Comments on: Tip: Creating a Rounded-off Square Form

By: Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:00:09 +0000

Good hear you got it working!

By: purrcreate

purrcreate — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:01:18 +0000

I’ve finally discovered what I’ve been doing wrong! The addition of the “snap onto self” option beside the “snap onto other objects” button in Blender 2.63 had me all confused. What a silly mistake! I can’t believe it took me an entire day and countless tries to spot it. I wish there were a way to magnify the buttons on the header. Thanks for the help, Jonathan!

By: stephen ong

stephen ong — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:12:53 +0000

I’m doing it in edit mode just as you did in the video. I even made sure I was in vertex select mode. I’ve done this several times in the past using earlier versions of the Blender and it’s always worked like a charm. I thought I was doing something wrong so I watched the video again and tried it several times but I kept getting the same result so this really has me scratching my head.

By: Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:02:06 +0000

Hi Stephen,

Are you projecting the plane from Edit Mode or Object Mode. In order for the shape to conform you have to do it from Edit Mode. Nothing has changed in 2.63 for retopo.

Cheers,
Jonathan

By: stephen ong

stephen ong — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:22:29 +0000

Somehow, this trick doesn’t seem to work in Blender 2.63. I’ve done it several times before and it’s always worked perfectly. In 2.63, when I click “G” and left click, the entire plane moves downwards to touch the top of the sphere but it will not deform to conform to the shape of the sphere. Am I doing something wrong or has the retopo behavior in 2.63 changed?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:11:52 +0000

Here’s a faster way: take a cube, and subdivide it 3-4 times. Select the center vertex on the top face, and move it up along the z axis with proportional editing on (o key) and set to sphere or root. Adjust the amount of falloff (scroll with MMB) so that all of the vertices on the top face are being affected, and voilà!

By: Nikce Der.

Nikce Der. — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:32:58 +0000

Hey Mr. Williamson could you do more videos in blender 2.49 plz.

Thanks alot.

Nicke Der. Out!

By: Aistis

Aistis — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:51:36 +0000

qool, I like it..

By: Nikce Der.

Nikce Der. — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:28:07 +0000

Hey Dude Paulo Bardes
Thanks alot for that extra way, sorry Mr. Williamson, but I was unable to do this in the 2.49 version.

Thanks to you both.

Nicke Der. Out!

By: Nixon

Nixon — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:10:27 +0000

yay just the nifty trick that i need to make fine interiors for my scenes *thumbsup*
great hint !!!! thanks a mile for these!