Engines

[LaydeeDem]

I know I ask a lot of questions here, but how exactly do you model nice detailed engines with pipes wrapping around and the like? I am currently using Blender, and I seriously want to know how all those pipes and tubes for the engines are modeled in blender.

[Thobewill10]

Same. I don\'t even know where to begin with that.

[LaydeeDem]

Another question is how do I texture thrust vectoring engines if they are two separate models? Can I have multiple obj_gimbals?

[Tosh]

I know I ask a lot of questions here, but how exactly do you model nice detailed engines with pipes wrapping around and the like? I am currently using Blender, and I seriously want to know how all those pipes and tubes for the engines are modeled in blender.

A pipe around the nozzle may be made with Add->Mesh->Torus; and there\'s an addon for pipe joints (you may need to download it separately from Blender addons page, and then enable in Setting->Addons tab.

All the rest is done with a simple Add->Mesh->Cylinder

[LaydeeDem]

A pipe around the nozzle may be made with Add->Mesh->Torus; and there\'s an addon for pipe joints (you may need to download it separately from Blender addons page, and then enable in Setting->Addons tab.

All the rest is done with a simple Add->Mesh->Cylinder

Thanks for that, I\'ll look into it.

Another question is how do I texture thrust vectoring engines if they are two separate models? Can I have multiple obj_gimbals?

Is there answer for this? Do I texture the obj_gimbal separately? Can you have multiple obj_gimbals?

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

Does Blender have Splines?

[N3X15]

Does Blender have Splines?

I found this useful with I was messing around with pipes: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Tutorials/Modeling/Curves/Making_A_Tube

I\'ll be darned if I can figure out how to UVMap it, though.

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

for my engines I cut them into pieces that i want them to be in the UV map. then just planar them and relax them and fit them lol. Afterwards I just reweld all the vertex.

[AdmiralStewart]

I found this useful with I was messing around with pipes: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Tutorials/Modeling/Curves/Making_A_Tube

I\'ll be darned if I can figure out how to UVMap it, though.

After piddling with the loft path shape, fiddling with the bevel object scale, and dinking with the taper axes (tapers are killer ), select the final product, hit 'C' then 'Curve To Mesh' (or Mesh from Curve, I forget). Remember to change your path, bevel and taper subdivisions downward somewhat, because it will give you a mesh with exactly the faces you see.

A tapered engine cryo-recirc tube is exactly what you\'d see on a real engine.