Student’s experience of trying to model the tennis racket:
Posted September 22, 2009, 9:35 am by Martin Tyminski
“Hi Graham, It’s 3 am and I’m too tired to write much, but here’s some nice pics. of stringing a tennis racket
—- in Autodesk Alias. It went a bit wrong on me, but I’m happy for a first attempt. I used the tubular surfacing tool for the strings.
Note that I have one yellow string too many
(top) and the string leaders on their way to thread through the eyes in the frame are intersecting the top string. Note to myself.”Next model. Get string layout 100% correct before starting to build the strings.”[slickr-flickr tag=”stringing”]
——Several Days later
A Real Tester
“This is not an easy model to make successfully. It is rated by a the author who is a top design consultant as, Medium Difficulty.The difficult parts of this model are
- Blending the tubular frame with the forked tubes of the yoke
- Creating the transitional surfaces inboard of where the above components meet (The blend Transitional Surfaces)
- Creating the yoke (betyween the grip and the forked tubes)
- Configuring the geometry for the strings
I have no interest in tennis rackets
and I wanted to abandon the project midway through, but I took a break and came Back to it and once I got involved in the mind stretching aspects of building the strings, I was hooked and loved it.”________________________________________________________________________
So as you can see learning Alias is REALLY tough at times and only students who are REALLY COMMITED will succeed in becoming Autodesk Alias pro’s.
The tutorial which is authored by Martin Tyminsky
is impeccably presented using 66 screenshots. At times the step by step instructions have gaps in them. Like most tutorials it’s impossible for the author to describe every single step and it is by overcoming the gaps and really having to work certain things out for yourself, that you really start to learn and start to become a Modeller and not simply a good copier.
Where to Find This Great Tutorial
http://aliasdesign.autodesk.com/learning/tutorials/
I personally also encountered some problems some of which I overcame
but the area I would improve upon should I build this model again would be the layout of the strings. I have too many strings and Instead of offsetting the vertical string by half a gap from the vertical center line, I have placed a string on the Y0. But it still looks Brilliant and I am really happy with the model.
Thanks to Martin Tyminski, we have ALL moved on a lot.
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