INSIDE 3DS MAX® 7 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Continue with the previous exercise's file, or open 7_Kitchen_Primitives.max from the DVD.

2.

Select the box named Unit01, and from the Display panel, select Hide Unselected.

Tip

Hiding and unhiding objects can be essential to a productive workflow. By removing unnecessary objects from your view, not only can you focus more easily on your work, but you can also get a faster response from max while you're doing it.

3.

Raise the height of the cupboards by changing the Height value of the box from 60 to 80.

4.

Choose Rectangle from the Create > Shapes menu, and in the Front viewport, create one with a length of 7.0 and a width of 60 (again, these can be entered manually after creation).

This shape is going to be the basis for the countertop. It's a bit sharp at the moment, so let's smooth it off.

5.

Enable Midpoint snapping and drag the bottom of the rectangle so that it meets the top edge of Unit01 (Figure 7.9).

6.

Now apply an Edit Spline modifier to the rectangle, and in Vertex sub-object mode, move the two vertices on the right-hand side outward from the edge of the cupboard (Figure 7.10).

7.

Still in the Front viewport, select the vertex at the top right of the rectangle, and from the Geometry rollout in the spline Modify panel, enter a Fillet amount of 3.0 (Figure 7.11). From the Display panel, choose Unhide All so you can see the rest of the scene.

8.

Now that you've rounded the corner, apply an Extrude modifier and set the amount to 300 (Figure 7.12).

9.

Apply the countertop material in the Material Editor to the object.

1.

Where the surface runs into the corner, you are going to cut it at a 45-degree angle. To do this, apply a Slice modifier to the object, and in the Top viewport, rotate its Slice Plane sub-object 45 degrees in the Z axis (Figure 7.13).

2.

Set the Slice Type to Remove Bottom. Select the Slice Plane sub-object and move it upward until you reach the top. Snap to the Endpoint to align the Slice Plane accurately with the corner of the cupboards (Figure 7.14).

3.

Still in the Top viewport, use the Mirror tool to flip the countertop in its X axis and set the Clone Selection to Copy.

4.

Activate Angle Snap on the Main toolbar, and rotate the duplicate countertop you've just created by 90 degrees in the Z axis.

5.

With Snaps still enabled and set to Endpoint, move the countertop into place, snapping onto the corner of the right-hand cupboard (Figure 7.15).

6.

All that remains now is to move the Slice Plane of this countertop's Slice modifier into the same place as the other for a flush fit. Do this by again snapping to the Endpoint of the corner cupboard (Figure 7.16).

7.

Save the file as 7_Kitchen_Worktop.max.