Connecting

For this post I am comment on using the connecting tool that we learnt about this week to help with our animation.

The connecting tool is a way of creating an object using just one object, and the object that I have used is a basic square shape and managed to create a house from using this basic shape.

First thing to do is to create the square shape, then turn it into an editable poly, from there you need to select the edges but only one. From there there will be an option call 'ring' which will select all the edges around the square that are the same sided edges around the square. 

This is an example of how the 'ring' tool works. I selected one edge and then clicked the ring tool and selected the parallel.

Once you have done this you select another option called 'connect' but select the settings box next to the word, this is so you have more control on where you are going to put the connecting lines. There are three options for this, first is how many segments you want to create, then there is an option called 'pinch' which lets you decide how far or close you want the segments to be, then finally is the option 'slide' which lets you choose where you want the segments to be.

This shows how the 'connecting' tool works. If you click on the settings box next to the button 'connect' then you will be able to choose the settings exactly how you want them, as you can see in the image.

Once you have the got the settings to your liking you can then extrude, insert, bevel each individual poly to what you want to create, I prefer to you the settings option like the connect tool because you are able to choose the exact measurement of how much you want to extrude an object for example.

This image shows how using the 'ring' and 'connect' tools to create a door and a window.

This tool that I have now learnt is new to me and have never used it before, but is a much easier and quicker way of creating an object instead of creating new objects and making it more time consuming that it needs to be. I think now knowing about this tool is going to very helpful because it will save time when coming to create the models for the animation. 

This is an image of the house I designed.