Support Struts

[jurgenp1]

hi guys does any of you guys know how to add support struts in Pep designer 3. Or do they have to be included in the 3d model.

 

[stealth]

hi guys does any of you guys know how to add support struts in Pep designer 3. Or do they have to be included in the 3d model.

I think you have to include them in the original design

 

[Dancin Fool]

Yup they have to be modeled in. Definitely would be a nice feature to have in pep though, select 2 edges and it generates a support strut.

 

[jurgenp1]

yes would defenately be nice.

thanks for helping me out btw.

 

[tribal]

oh yeah would be cool to make them directly in pep desinger , would make things allot easyer sometimes



Grtz

 

[AceHigh]

Sorry for the slight hi-jack, but is there any good tutorial anywhere about how and where to add support struts? I feel some of my models need 'em, but since I'm quite new to both modelling and pepping I'm not really sure where to start.

 

[Boba Fett]

I thought most struts were numbered? Otherwise, just referance your computer. Look at the particular strut, locate it, and see where it is on the model. Then just install it in the right location!

 

[stilgarhammer]

Hello All,

I think what AceHigh is asking about it a tut as where to put the struts.



Stilgar

 

[Dancin Fool]

Sorry for the slight hi-jack, but is there any good tutorial anywhere about how and where to add support struts? I feel some of my models need 'em, but since I'm quite new to both modelling and pepping I'm not really sure where to start.

What I usually do is find two edges that sit across from each other, I extrude the edges towards each other until they're close enough to weld. Next I extrude the two sides of this initial strut upwards and then hit weld again and crank up the threshold until they attach together. After that its just a matter of adjusting the triangle that's formed.

 

[Yttrium]

Although this tutorial doesn't cover adding struts, the first half should give you info on how to get the model to a condition where you can add struts in a 3D program



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