RichMed

1 minute ago, Cerbera said:

Excellent - glad you are sending them all in !

 

I've had a look at the file. Normally Cinema is quite tolerant of this, but you are leaving quite a lot of ngons and unresolved illegal topology in your scene while you go ahead and move on to other things, presumably intending to return and fix those issues later. The trouble with that approach is that is compromises the effectiveness, predictability, and in some case basic usability of the modelling tools to work on a mesh where these errors persist in such numbers. I am not saying that a 100% clean-as-you-go approach would completely eradicate your crahsing issues but I would be fairly confident that it would only help...

 

CBR

That would probably explain it then. My plan was to get the general shape first and clean up after to kind of speed things up...ooops!

I'm finding I've forgotten a few things from those CYNCH days and no doubt that is costing me. However, i won't give up and will go in and do some tidying up.

Thanks once again CBR 

2 minutes ago, Cerbera said:

Heya Rich

 

Bug reports should be submitted to MAXON directly via support channels rather than via the cafe.

 

But is there any consistency to what you are doing at the time that leads to these crashes ? Perhaps we can suggest a workaround...

And do you have the latest studio drivers for your video card ?

CBR

 Hi CBR,

I have submitted the reports to MAXON each time it crashes which is over a dozen times now over the past week. 

I am doing my AT-AT and there is no pattern, I could be extruding or adding control loops or anything else, my model isn't complex yet so not quite sure why this is happening.

As for the drivers, my Mac is up to date, it has only been doing it since I started my AT-AT, see attached file. 

Rich

AT-AT Walker_0004.c4d

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this but my C4D R21 which I run on an iMac Pro keeps crashing. I am not doing any major modelling, just basic editing points and polys to get the result i need. It's beginning to do my head in, any help or reasons why this may be happening would be appreciated.

I can attach a 'bug' report or the C4D file I am working on if that would help.

Thanks in advance,

Rich

1 minute ago, Cerbera said:

 

Here's how I'd do the head of a lego character. 8 radial segments, then dissolve the 4 edges at the centre to get the above...

 

CBR

Perfect...especially when you know how. Cheers buddy.

7 minutes ago, Cerbera said:

You could dissolve every other edge by the pole...

 

Or consider making the whole object out of far fewer radial segments, which makes solving the centre a lot simpler...

 

CBR

Thanks @Cerbera, I'm sure the video you sent me when we built that CYNCH unit last year had something like I had to extrude out some edges to remove the triangles or something. It's like creating a hole but I'm not making a hole, just want nice topology.

To help refresh my skills in C4D, I'm just creating a Lego mini figure and the bit in question is the top of the head. I appreciate you won't see it but I want to do this the right way otherwise I'll never learn/remember 

See attached screenshot...

Thanks

Now this a very simple thing that I cannot remember how to fix.

How I do make the centre triangles into nice happy quads?

I did have a video of how to fix this but unfortunately lost it, sorry @Cerbera

Many thanks,

Rich

Nice one, thank you. Thought I'd post on here instead of bugging ya all the time 

Hi everyone,

My C4D skills need a bit of a refresh and being a bit of a Star Wars nut, I wondered if anyone here knows of any good Star Wars tutorials please?

I'm a graphic designer by trade and haven't touched C4D for a few months and my old brain needs a little reminder and i thought something that interests me would help.

Doesn't necessarily have to be Star Wars, possibly something sci-fi, I just need something to act as a refresher before I start my own Star Wars project.

Many thanks in advance,

Rich

Wow, looks awesome and I love how clean the topology is. One day this noob would like to create such topology, maybe years not days!!!

Nice work, especially the nice detail of the leaves, gives it a more 'lived in' atmosphere.

Awesome, that's really cool, sure beats trying to animate a plaster being applied to a wound ; )

Thanks rfanoni for that, what about the iMac Pro, or is that what you meant?

Thanks teknow, my current spec is;

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

2.8 GHz Intel Core i7

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB

Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Not being the most tech savvy person, but I think your Mac is more powerful than mine, am I correct?

I currently use a MacBook Pro to do my 3D but now I am working on larger projects, it is struggling to cope.

Our studio, which is a Mac environment, has some funds to get a new Mac solely for 3D.

Are there any users on here that use Mac's, and if yes, would you mind sharing your specs please?

You make it sound so easy, I am sure with time things will get easier the more knowledge i acquire. Doesn't help that I am a graphic designer and still have to do that role at the same time #notenoughhoursintheday

On 5/21/2018 at 4:00 PM, Cerbera said:

Just over 10 years here, though more like 25 in 3D in general...

 

3D is quite hard, even in Cinema, which makes it just about as easy as it can be without compromising power or flexibility.  Don't worry about it - it gets better with time, but people often don't realise quite how much time ;) Just keep going. Every day you spend in it you get a little bit better than you were yesterday. It's a VAST and extensible application, so there is years and years worth of features to learn, so just gotta keep chipping away at that mountain until one day you wake up and find yourself half way up it. The rest of the ascent is somewhat easier after that.

 

CBR

Are you self taught or did you attend any training courses, either online or at a physical facility location? I ask because I am in the south east too and if you know or can recommend a tutor or training centre, I am pretty sure my company will pay for me to improve.

Wow I am now spoilt for choice.

Many thanks for this @Isleofgough, would you mind explaining in 'simple terms, as I am new to C4D and the whole 3D world, almost like a 'step by step' guide, to how you created this version please?

As i work for a medical company, I will have to do plenty more of this type of plaster/bandage, or what in my industry we call a 'Dressing', and so having the know how will be massively beneficial.

I have only posted on the cafe a couple of times but everyone is so helpful and doesn't seem to judge your expertise level, for me, this is priceless.

Thanks again,

Rich

Just to do the top right corner bend version please, I really appreciate this.

Hi @deck, attached is a zip file of the C4D file and some reference images of how the dressing has been created in the past;

5ad715abb8659_ScreenShot2018-04-18at10_43_28.png.7ec2de3cb9017873417d27a8d063ed74.png (for the corner turnover)

Displacement.c4d (C4D file)

Screen Shot 2018-05-21 at 14.44.08 (flat render of dressing generated previously from a CGI company)

TIELLE_Essential__Silicone_Border.jpg (other angle that previous CGI company did)

And this is for a still image not animation.

Many thanks for this, I'll keep this open if you have any questions.

Rich

Displacement.zip

@deck , this is a big ask but I am still struggling to get this displacement working, if I share my file here, would you mind applying the displacement and sending it back to me letting me know what settings you have used to get the desired result please? If I can see what you have done, I can then play with it and see what happens rather than me blindly trying and epically failing!!!

How long have you all been doing C4D for? I only started at the beginning of the year and haven't really done much, to me its a real brain f@£%!!!

@deck It's just for a still image currently.

To all the guys in this thread so far, I appreciate your help, I have done a course in C4D but we only skimmed over textures etc. This is like teaching an old dog new tricks and im checking out 'displacement' tutorials online as i type.

Sorry @natevplas this is a flat render of the dressing which you can see, its the inner part that has the curved edges. These were created before my time and we only have .psd files now. Would it be the same principle of editing the points?

Thanks again.

Thanks @deck for explaining 'displacement', I am slowly playing with it now. One other question, my central pad part of the plaster does not have straight edges like the sample i shared earlier, attached here is what it should look like. Can I edit my plane to create this shape or use this image for my texture in my displacement?

With regards my geometry, it was all shot to the proverbial so school boy error there!!!

And thanks @natevplas  & @Cerbera