[NicoR44]

Mostly I have snap to grid disabled, it can be very irritating, snap settings vary, but mostly is set to: snap to end, near, point, mid, cen, int, perp, tan, quad, knot.

and mostly I work on a 1mm grid.

That's a lot of mostly btw

[ivox3]

I sooo envy you guys Must try to learn more nurbs modeling....

For starters, what settings do you use in Rhino to model at .1mm accuracy? How do you make use of the grid? What snap settings do you usually use?

Like Nico said , ..... snapping to grid(I never do either) is just irritating. In Rhino, ..you have an O(bject) snap toolbar where you check what you want to snap to, ..ie, end, mid, center, etc... -- your basically turning them on and off all the time. As far as accuracy settings go, ... you can determine that with global tolerance settings. I think what Thomas meant was that the input dimensions of any measurement should be within 0.1 mm.

For rapid and accurate ID type modeling, ...Rhino most(ly) definitely rules.

[Thomas An.]

For starters, what settings do you use in Rhino to model at .1mm accuracy? How do you make use of the grid? What snap settings do you usually use?

-As a rule of thumb set the global tolerance about an order of magnitude les than the accuracy you intent to measure on. In this case 0.01 should be ok ... but I have it set to 0.0005 (it produces better results during surface creation and the seams fit better with less naked edges).

-The grid is cosmetic.

-In modeling we tend to make exclusive use of object snaps. For example, I have the 'near', 'center', 'intrs' and 'end' snaps mapped into the F1...F4 keys and they can be activated in the middle of command. The rest of the Osnaps are off, but they can be toggled using the ALT key.

[Mihai]

Thanks, a bit less confused now Could any of you recommend any good intermediate tutorials? I've seen enough "to draw a circle, press...." tutorials....

[hyltom]

Intro:

• This one started as a modeling duel between Nikor44 and ThomasAn

Why have you choosen a CD box?...it's not the most complicated object to model. For sure you should be precise but at the end, it's a box . For a model duel, i will prefer to see something a little bit more complex. But anyway, keep going, it's nice to see your progress. And I hope you will share the model at the end.
I'm sure we will have the most 2 perfect CD box

[Thomas An.]

Why have you choosen a CD box?..

It is something that both of us had in hand and so it would be possible to compare how accurate was the modeling simply by inspecting each other's data ... but ... that was in theory. It turns out that even though the physical models "look" identical, there are still subtle differences.

[Thomas An.]

Curt

The tips of the starfish CD holding elements should be a little thicker. No ?... they are not really an extrusion cut


Also, is the logo really that deep in your model ? Mine here is very shallow.

[ivox3]

Thanks, a bit less confused now Could any of you recommend any good intermediate tutorials? I've seen enough "to draw a circle, press...." tutorials....

You are not allowed to proceed to ANY tutorial without first making the Rhino rubber duck and flashlight. ....it's the law.

Help > Learn Rhino > Tutorials [within Rhino / ..it should be within all versions of Rhino]

Screenshots are also required.

[NicoR44]

Hi Thomas, you're right they should be a bit thicker.
My logo is indeed this deep in

Edit,

ps, it only seems deep, but it's only .15mm

[NicoR44]

they are not really an extrusion cut

That's exactly where I went wrong

[dd_]

raving nutters the two of you
keep up the good work

[NicoR44]

Thanks Dave!

and corrected

[Thomas An.]

Very nice Curt !

[NicoR44]

Thanks Thomas!

[tom]

I'm waiting for the Imperfections Round These details are very easy for both Thomas and Curt.