Tips/Tricks-3dsmax: Sphere is the new Box
Next time you are box modeling, try Sphere modeling– but with a Box…
By adding the “Spherify Modifier” to a box primitive you can create a sphere that is made entirely of quads. This is not possible with the sphere primitive because it has triangles at the top. There are many reasons this is a great idea. here are some of them:
- There are no triangles at the top and bottom (commonly called the poles)
- The quads are perfect of you are moving to/from ZBrush
- It greatly simplifies the UVW Unwrapping process
Try it out… you know you want too… My mom did, she sent me a buck because she loved it THAT much. If you love it THAT much too, please make a donation here.
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thanks!
Thanks for posting this, it’s going to help me on a current project a lot.
Is it possible to use this method to unwrap the model, then tessellate the box-sphere, and have it update the uvw unwrap you just did on the lower poly model?
Thank you, I was looking for a way to make a quad-based spheres, for my asteroids. I didn’t know there was a modifier for it. XD
of course! Thanks for this.
Hi, thanks for this comment 🙂