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Re: looking for realistic welds
I think your best bet is to model the weld beads in Solidworks or whatever your source modeler is. That's what I did here.
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Re: looking for realistic welds
Dave this looks great. Did you pattern a circle everywhere? This doesn't look productive...
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Re: looking for realistic welds
Yes, create one weld bead then pattern along a curve.
You're right its not productive. But, it produces the best looking results which was my goal.
It will also add a lot of weight to your files like modeling threads. Not bad if your part or assembly isn't too large though.
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Re: looking for realistic welds
Looks great but yes... patterned features can really drive up rebuild time, and cause crashes.
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Re: looking for realistic welds
Looks awesome. Unfortunately it's too perfect
At the end I used texture that's from solidworks. It's a bit weird because you have to make view 45° to the corner in order to see texture perfectly otherwise it shifts the texture. A bit weird. Once I end my vacation I'll try to show.
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"Looks Awesome. Unfortunately it's too perfect " I understand. Yes, it is time intensive and a method that is not very Productive. But the results are hard to beat. And I'm retired now and only render for fun these days.
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Re: looking for realistic welds
looks good. the green part needs some more amps at the end of the weld
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I would have to agree, as I have noticed that also.... Those welds would probably never pass inspection. But, they are pretty close I believe.
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