| This smooth, organic hair dryer is easily made with MetaNURBS.
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| This smooth, organic hair dryer is easily made with MetaNURBS.
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Note(1): The "Ctrl" key can be used with many of Modeler's tools (like Move and Stretch) to constrain movement to one axis.
Note(2): Keyboard shortcuts for those Modeler functions which have one are placed in parenthesis after the function name.For instance, this: "...using the Move (t) tool, move the..." means you can select the Move tool by pressing the 't' key on the keyboard. If the shortcut is shown as a capital letter, like this (T), then press the Shift key and the keyboard key to select the Modeler function.
| Start Modeler. If Modeler is already running, select Clear on the File pop-up menu and choose OK on the verification dialog box. On the Display Options (d) panel, set the Preview Type to OpenGL Smooth Shaded. |
| Make a box with these dimensions.
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| Select all the polygons then deselect the top one and the one facing the negative Z axis. This should leave four polygons selected.
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| Bevel (b) these polygons with these settings.
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| Deselect all the polygons then press the Tab key to turn the polygons into MetaNURBS. You've just created the dryer's motor.
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| Select the polygon facing the positive Z axis and bevel (b) with these settings.
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| This begins the nozzle section.
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| Bevel (b) this polygon with these settings.
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| This gives the nozzle a nice full shape.
Note: We will make small bevels like this several times throughout the tutorial. These bevels help "square off" the MetaNURBS curves. |
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| Now bevel (b) with these settings.
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| Bevel (b) again with these settings.
Note: The Shift is a negative |
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| This starts the hole in the nozzle.
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| Bevel (b) once more with these settings.
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| This completes the nozzle.
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| Deselect the polygon in the nozzle and select the polygon on the bottom of the motor.
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| Bevel (b) this polygon eight times with these settings. This creates the handle.
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| Select every other set of points on the front of the handle. This will be easiest to do in the side view.
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| Using the Move (t) tool in the side view, move these points to the left (towards negative Z) about
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| Select the rest of the points in the handle. (Hold down the Shift key to add to the selection.)
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| Select the Shear(]) tool and open the Numeric (n) panel.
Set the Sense to - (negative), choose Ease-In on the Preset pop-up menu, enter
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| The hair dryer is now complete. |
