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Gyroid Minimal Surface Cube - Cararra Modeling Test Experiment

Retro LadRetro Lad Posts: 471
edited November 2019 in Carrara Discussion

I found a YouTube video for Blender on how to make a Gyroid cube titled "Gyroid Minimal Surface (Blender)". For those of you who are experienced Carrara modelers would it be possible tp replicate all the steps in this video using Carrara's modeling tools?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgJ1H_xQa8

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8s5ycBlH92RKq5MVwvoUNA

The "toki FX" YouTube channel has a lot of interesting geometric models that would be fun to model in Carrara if that is possible. I am a rusty mid-range user of Carrara's modeling tools.

There are a number of different modeling methods that can be used to make the first initial "minimal surface" form. Here he uses bezier curves.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,125
    edited November 2019

    Possible to model a gyroid in Carrara?  yes.

    Use exact same steps?  no, not exactly, but can use similar steps

     

    If you want to try, I suggest one of the following two methods.

    (1) use the polylines and surface tools to create the initial folded plane shape.  Duplicate wth symmetry and weld to expand.

    (2) look up the mathematical formula for a gyroid. Translate into 3D coordinate formulas (generally functions of Pi, but I don't know gyroids off hand).  Use Carrara's formula modeler and avoid 90% of the steps in the Blender video.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,125

    Introduction to using the formula modeler

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1599591/#Comment_1599591

  • Retro LadRetro Lad Posts: 471

    Diomede,

    Thanks for your help and suggestions. I have saved your "Formula Example" post and will read it carefully. I hope I can undestand it. If I am succesful with modeling the gryroid cube in Carrara I will post a render of it.

  • rk66rk66 Posts: 438

    http://gianp.free.fr/carrara/indexcarrara.html

  • Retro LadRetro Lad Posts: 471

    I like most of "Make Games" Blender video "how to" series, and so I requested help for creating a bone marrow model for use in a nanobot animation idea. This is what was posted today. The Gyroid lattice was dumped in favor of this method. I would rather do this kind of thing in Carrara, and eventually animate a scene in Carrara than do it in Blender.

    Nanobot Animation - Blender Tutorial
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNWuDOkIqc&list=PLXZuwfpQtPosBoBxc0gNC7VCSc6Lf3eTj&index=367&t=0s

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