dust3d/docs/examples/modeling-ant/index.rst

Modeling Ant using Dust3D
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Prepare Reference Sheet
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You can start modeling without any reference, however, if you model on top of a turnaround reference sheet, the final result would be better, it also ease the progress of modeling.
The recommended features for reference sheet in Dust3D:

* Only one image, but include at least two profiles in the image, one for front view, one for side view. And align horizontally with the same height.
* Image size less than 1MB. Because if you save the document, the reference image will also be included in the .ds3 file.
* No blur filter, make a clean sheet, Dust3D will blur it for you when you load the image.

.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huxingyi/dust3d/master/docs/examples/modeling-ant/ant-reference-from-antweb-org.jpg

The above reference is a good example. The raw picture comes from https://www.antweb.org/bigPicture.do?name=casent0103346&shot=d&number=1 Composed in GIMP.

Modeling in Dust3D
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#. Load Reference Sheet from Menu: File > Change Turnaround...
#. Click Plus(+) Icon from Tool Box
#. Place node on the canvas acording to the reference background.
#. Use Mouse Wheel to Adjust the radius of the node, hold shift to slow down the scroll scale.
#. Use the Parts List panel to toggle the settings to make you easily select or see nodes.
#. Use Mouse Middle button pluse Shift key to rotate and move around the Rendered Model.

.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huxingyi/dust3d/master/docs/examples/modeling-ant/modeling-ant-dust3d-screenshot.png

Export Mesh
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After finished modeling, Export the result mesh from Menu: File > Export...
Only supports Wavefront(.obj) format in the current stage.

Download
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You can download all the resources including the full Dust3D Document from the following links.

#. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huxingyi/dust3d/master/docs/examples/modeling-ant/ant-reference-from-antweb-org.xcf
#. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huxingyi/dust3d/master/docs/examples/modeling-ant/ant-reference-from-antweb-org.jpg
#. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huxingyi/dust3d/master/docs/examples/modeling-ant/ant.ds3

Turnaround Reference Resource
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#. https://www.antweb.org/

(If you know more resource, please edit this page in Github to share, thanks.)