Modelling a Harley Tank

Conform Rig Tool

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Dynamic Modeling  with the Conform Rig Tool

A very talented student of mine modelled this Harley tank and I wanted to show him ways of developing his model by adding a rubber knee pad and a filler capa lot of the time I model these things in situe. I start by projecting crvs to get a COS and then I model say the knee pad. The problem with this approach is that it’s not flexible and when the designer requests a change , it may call for a lot of re-modelling.

The Conform Rig Tool is the answer in a lot of cases, as it allows you to move and scale your geo, whilst the new geo. continually adopts the shape of the immediate surface on which it has been placedAbove you can see where I have created the new geo. at the origin in the Top view and then transplanted it to conform to the tank’s side surfs.
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