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Parametric NURBS Modelling in Ayam
This page describes some experiments with parametric NURBS modelling in Ayam while creating the Marsrakete image:
Marsrakete
Since the image is rendered using a simple cartoon/cel shader, everything
(yes, every rivet!) has to be pure geometry, no textures will help.
Luckily, in Ayam, you can do this easily with the help of the ExtrNC
and Clone tool objects.
But let us have a look at the overall scene structure first:
The main body is a surface of revolution that depends on a curve, currently
selected in the upper image. To create a wing attached to this surface,
three curves are extracted, and, together with other curves, skinned
(the flow of geometric information is shown by red arrows in the above
image). Since the curve extraction only extracts curves over the full
extent of the surface, small Script objects trim the extracted curves
to the right length.
The wing is put into a Clone object to easily have any number of them.
In addition, the advanced Gordon caps have an appearance (they close
the non-planar wing surface
as can be seen in the wing detail image):
Let us move on to the rivets, this time we are using the extracted curves as trajectory to place them on. Again, since the ExtrNC object only provides curves that extend over the full length of a surface, small Script objects trim the extracted curves to the right lengths.
Read on for some funny experiments with this model.
The original setup. Everything is parametric, i.e. the body shape
depends on one single NURBS curve (currently selected in the upper
image). The rivets and wings, in turn, depend on the body shape.
The main shape defining curve was modified, note how the rivets and
wing automatically adapted.
More parametrics: the Clone object is in use to create the original
four wings, but it can also easily create six of them...
Lets have more fun with the wings. Each wing is actually a Skin with
three defining curves extracted from the rocket body and four more curves
to define the shape of the wing in space (there are actually two more
curves to close the Skin in u-direction; so that it is, topologically
speaking, an open cylinder).
The image above shows the original setup.
Modification of the four outer curves to achieve a different wing design.
More fun with the wings.
And now, get the scene file for your own experiments (yes, it is really just 5K).
Randolf Schultz, 29. Dec 2015
randolf.schultz@gmail.com