Not all the UV maps are going to make textures of the same size. The UV Maps will determine how many texture maps are going to be used in the vehicle affecting the quality, size, and usability of the final prop so they have to be carefully planned. Another advantage to having these objects detach is that parts like the wheels or the seats could be exchanged between vehicles once assembled in iClone. But itРІР‚в„ўs up to you on how many parts of the vehicle you wish to manipulate.

For this vehicle, I chose the wheels, the doors, the steering wheel, the pedals, the gear level, the front seats and the windshield wipers. So before we start, you have to know which elements of the vehicle are going to be mobile. The parts that are going to be interactive, have to be modeled as independent objects. Little elements like bolts, nuts, and marks donРІР‚в„ўt need to be modeled as they can be added after with the texture normal maps. The topology of the model has to be as neat as possible, keeping a reasonable number of polygons in order to make it suitable for real-time animation, but not too low, because the model can be used in close-up camera shots too where the details and smoothness of the shape matter. The first obvious step is to model the 3D mesh using a modeling program like 3dsMax, Maya or Blender. This is an overview tutorial of the pipeline I followed to create these models and how they can be easily animated in iClone. It facilitates the animation of the vehicles, as the spinning of the wheel are automatically synchronized with the motion of the car, depending on its speed, while it follows the slopes and irregularities of the terrain. In addition, the 4 Wheel structure provided by ReallusionРІР‚в„ўs Physics Toolbox, allows one to actually drive the vehicles over the iClone terrains while recording their motions in real-time. Helping to create convincing driving animations. Objects like the doors, the steering wheel, the gear level, and the pedals are all interactive sub-props that can be rotated or reached by the characters of a scene. So I included features like emissive materials or parts that can be manipulated individually.

On the contrary, itРІР‚в„ўs filled with clever features that make complex animation hyper easy!Р”Р„lso, iCloneРІР‚в„ўs latest version has boosted the quality of its renders, including PBR materials, Image Based Lighting with HDR pictures, and Global Illumination, and because of this, it has motivated us to start creating models of vehicles for iClone, that not just look good, but that thanks to the improved render features, help people with their animations. IClone stands out as being the most accessible and easy-to-learn 3D animation application - but that doesnРІР‚в„ўt mean itРІР‚в„ўs not professionally powerful. Adolf worked on computer programming and technical 3D modelling until six years ago, when he started writing graphic novels and creating 3D animations.

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