How to Model a Microphone Mesh
Added 2024-04-29 05:41:25 +0000 UTCHow to sub-division model a retro microphone mesh in Blender.
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Blender version 4.1
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Sure. At recording time it was the only way I could work out how to select the unsubdivided edges after the subdivision modifier had been applied. I used creasing but I could have used bevel weighting or maybe sharpness... any option that is selectable from the Select Similar menu. Without this step, once you subdivide, it's not possible to easily select the original edges in order to dissolve them. The update 01 I posted today shows a way to create the hex shapes without this "crease" step :-)
John Dickinson
2024-04-30 02:47:04 +0000 UTCCould you clarify why the crease step was necessary? That was the one step where I didnโt quite get how or why it worked (from the creased triโs to the sub-D to the hexagons.)
John Manoogian
2024-04-30 02:26:30 +0000 UTCThanks Chris. Took me a bit of trial and error but I think itโs a decent workflow ๐
John Dickinson
2024-04-29 07:14:55 +0000 UTCWhen people say 'do it with a shader' John says 'hold on, I can model that!'. Boldly going where mere modelling mortals fear to tread. All in 8 minutes, amazing John!
Chris Jones
2024-04-29 06:58:19 +0000 UTCYou're welcome Brent! It was a bit of a head scratcher but fun to work out. Thanks for the idea.
John Dickinson
2024-04-29 05:57:11 +0000 UTCIf you have any circles that are a bit distorted just select the loop and use LoopTools > Circle to reshape.
John Dickinson
2024-04-29 05:52:25 +0000 UTCOh, this is perfect. Thank you very much for this excellent example.
Guy Insulator
2024-04-29 05:52:08 +0000 UTC
