Thursday, May 24, 2012

How to create a tufted seat using Sandbox > From Scratch, Smoove a Catmull-Clark Subdivision plugin.

  1. Draw a rectangle of 3x3.
  2. Select Draw > Sandbox > From Scratch. Type ½” for the Grid Spacing.
  3. Pick the first, second and third corners of the rectangle. A mesh will be created. Explode the group.
  4. Open tools> Sandbox> Tools> Smoove. Type 2” for Radius
  5. Place the cursor en the center point. Click. Move the cursor up ¼”.
  6. Select the Erase tool + Ctrl key (Opt in Mac) and smooth edges.
  7. Create a component, copy it along Green and red axes.