Make a realistic Swiss army knife with 3DS Max

Saber is a tool of many uses, its function is comprehensive, the design is exquisite, and easy to carry. A knife in the hand, making you seem to have a universal toolbox.

9.1 Design Ideas

Modeling Outstanding army Knife shape exquisite, full-featured features. "Blade" Using metal material, "knife body" use red plastic material, and then with a dynamic blue dazzling background, strongly reflects the endless charm of the saber, as shown in Figure 9-1.

9.2 Design Steps

Saber can be divided into "knife body" and "blade" and other components, as shown in Figure 9-2.

The main application of "mirror", "extrusion" and other modification tools, and finally add the knife Body logo and background.

9.2.1 Draw the "body of a knife"

The upper and lower parts of the "knife body" are symmetrical, so just make the upper part of the system, and then copy the other half by mirroring.

First draw the outline of two-dimensional graphics, using the "extrusion" modifier to the two-dimensional graphics extrusion into 3-D graphics, and "chamfer", stretching and chamfer out of the "knife body."

Enter the "Create panel", click on the "two-dimensional graphics" icon, click on the Drop-down menu, select the "Rectangle" command, click in the top view, drag out a rectangle, the parameters as shown in Figure 9-3.

Enter the (Modify command) panel and click Extrude under Modify List to extrude the graphic into a 3-D object, as shown in Figure 9-4.

Right-click on the object, select "Convert to" │ "convert to editable polygon" in the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 9-5.

Enter the polygon hierarchy of editable polygons, select a polygon on top, and use the Chamfer command, as shown in Figure 9-6.