Saturday, June 23, 2007

Really flat prisms

  • Rez a sphere, and set the dimple B=0.950.
  • Change the shape to a cube.
  • Set Z=0.010.

You now have an extremely flat prim with a square end to work with.

Especially good for creating plants, fur, and other irregular 3D shapes:
  • Rez a flat prim.
  • Shift-drag to copy; when you do this, the copy is left in place, while the original is moved away.
  • Ctrl-z to move the original back into the same space as the copy.
  • Select either prim and rotate about any axis.
  • Do this a couple of times and you will see the illusion of a 3D object start to appear.

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