Modeling a Tennis Court
Modeling
Modeling
[edit] Court
[edit] Court
- Add a cube to your scene
- Rename it "Court"
- Resize it using actual tennis court dimensions
- X = 36ft
- Y = 6in
- Z = 78ft
- Set it's P.Y = -3in
[edit] Net
[edit] Net
- Add a plane for the net
- Rename it "Net"
- Change the orientation of the plane to -Z
- Set Size.X = 36ft
- Set Size.Y = 3.5ft
[edit] Ball
[edit] Ball
- Add a sphere to your scene
- Rename it "Tennis Ball"
- Radius = 3.35 cm
[edit] Materials
[edit] Materials
[edit] Ball
[edit] Ball
- Go to your content browser.
- Go to your presets (ink well icon)
- Activate search (magnifying glass).
- If it's already on, turn it off, and turn it back on.
- Search for "tennis"
- Drag in the tennis ball.
- Delete the new tennis ball.
- Drag the tennis ball material onto your tennis ball.
[edit] Net
[edit] Net
- Create a new material.
- Double click on the name to rename it "Net".
- Double click on the material preview ball to open the material editor.
- Make the color a very dark blue R=0, G=1, B=14
- Activate the Alpha channel.
- Click on the delta (triangle) next to textures. Textures->Surface->Tiles
- Set the Grout color to white and all tiles colors to black.
- Set Grout Width to 10%
- Set Bevel Width to 10%
- Active the Bump channel.
- Copy the tiles shader from the alpha to the bump.
- Click on the delta in the alpha channel next to texture.
- Select "Copy Channel"
- Go to the bump page.
- Texture->Paste Channel
- Edit the Tiles shader
- Grout Width = 5%
- Bevel Width = 35%
- Drag material onto the net object.
[edit] Net Positioning
[edit] Net Positioning
- Click on the net material tag on the net object.
- Set length U to 10%.
[edit] To Elminate Texture Buzz
[edit] To Elminate Texture Buzz
- Go into render settings.
- Go to Anti-aliasing
- Set Anti-Aliasing to Best
- Min Level = 2x2
- Max Level = 8x8
[edit] Download a Court Texture
[edit] Download a Court Texture
- Do a google image search for tennis court texture.
- You're looking for a top-down view of a tennis court that is royalty free.
- Right-click Save Image As
- Save it to the same folder as
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