3D Knobs

[Lindon]

back in the day - when I used to do 3d modelling - I used a bunch of different stuff - the easiest to get your head around for casual use was TrueSpace. It's windows only but its free these days...

[orange]

I used Blender, 3Ds Max and other stuff for 3D design. In my exprerience, Blender is really cool, alternatively I definately suggest Cinema 4D for ease of use. Yeah it's not free but I think one of the best for 3d GUI design. Very easy and great results.

Also for better render performance Octane render is GREAT. It is a render plugin that you can use in Blender and Cinema 4D too.

[Dan Korneff]

@orange I agree. Cinema 4D is killer. Probably the best out there... but Blender is free
Haven't upgraded to octane render engine yet. Is it an improvement in photorealism, or just render speed?

[orange]

@dustbro said in 3D Knobs:

@orange I agree. Cinema 4D is killer. Probably the best out there... but Blender is free
Haven't upgraded to octane render engine yet. Is it an improvement in photorealism, or just render speed?

Octane Render is a serial killer :) Photo realism is waaayy much better. Becasue it has different unique material design system. So as a result, the reflections, lights and materials are much more detailed, realistic and easy to design. Also the speed is ultra fast when compared to Cinema 4D's physical render.

Here is the comparsion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVzZhu4yYz0

[SteveRiggs]

These look great! I'll try them out :) Thanks

[Dan Korneff]

@arminh Have you upgraded to Blender 2.81 yet?

[ustk]

@dustbro said in 3D Knobs:

It took me over 2 years to learn in my free time, but I can complete a full design in a few days now.
Maybe I could make a tutorial on some basics.

Would be really cool man ;)
In fact, modelling simple objects like button doesn't seem to be as hard as I thought after watching some tutorials
(watching this guy at the moment: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOKHwx1VCdgnxwbjyb9Iu1g)

What could be a good addition would be how to output a filmstrip in Blender, that I haven't found online yet... :)

[d.healey]

@ustk said in 3D Knobs:

What could be a good addition would be how to output a filmstrip in Blender, that I haven't found online yet.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/output/animation.html

[ustk]

@d-healey

[ustk]

@ustk After approximately 12h learning blender, here's the first test sample:

Far from perfect as the perfection lies in the details, along with the devil :)
But I am reassured now...
Any suggestion is welcome!

[d.healey]

@ustk Looks like 12 hours well spent. I await your tutorial :)

[orange]

@ustk said in 3D Knobs:

@ustk After approximately 12h learning blender, here's the first test sample:

Far from perfect as the perfection lies in the details, along with the devil :)
But I am reassured know...
Any suggestion is welcome!

Fairchild 670 Knob :) Looks very cool ;)

[ustk]

@d-healey I fact everything needed is already in these excellent tutos:
I only watched the first level of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgEq0u2MzVgAaHEBt--xLB6U

And this one for texture:
https://youtu.be/muwr7cyyYjI

@orange Thanks! But it all came in my mind without having a particular model in front of me, just the memory of a knob I was using in my job a while ago :)

[arminh]

@ustk pretty cool! :)

[ulrik]

@ustk Well done!

[ustk]

@arminh @dustbro What do you guys are using to stitch the images in a filmstrip, Blender? External soft? (on Mac)
I'm trying with blender but I don't understand how to output the frames side by side in a png (if blender can)

[orange]

@ustk said in 3D Knobs:

@arminh @dustbro What do you guys are using to stitch the images in a filmstrip, Blender? External soft? (on Mac)
I'm trying with blender but I don't understand how to output the frames side by side in a png (if blender can)

You can use Strip Generator ;)

It's not a plugin for Blender, it is an external app. Just render the scene as image sequence in Blender. Then use the Strip Generator for stitching the images as vertical or horizontal strips, it is done :)

[ustk]

@orange Thanks! Checking right now :)

[Dan Korneff]

@ustk I'm using Inkscape to stitch them together

[ustk]

@dustbro Thanks man, I generally use Inkscape too, despite that on mac it's a real pain... Strip Generator @orange talked about is an easy peasy tool! Open it, choose you images folder, done...