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Dust3D Modeling Examples
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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 can 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.)

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Download and Install Dust3D
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Dust3D haven't yet been released, however, you can try the latest unstable version,
* For Windows:
https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d/releases/download/unstable/dust3d_unstable_x86.zip
No need to install, unzip and run the exe.
* For Mac OS X:
https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d/releases/download/unstable/dust3d_unstable.dmg
* Other platform, please build from source:
https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d
Found BUG?
If you have any thoughts while using Dust3D, please don't hesitate to share by drop it here https://github.com/huxingyi/dust3d/issues