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My 3D SpinMy 3D Spin Posts: 608
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Can i some how manipulate a Primitive Plane to make a dent in the middle that
i can use as a stream with a water plane?

I would like to make a small stream of water running across the plane and put
a ground shader on the Primitive Plane and the build up a scene around the primitive.

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,980

    Use a d-Former or, better, a push modifier?

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    My 3D Spin said:

    Can i some how manipulate a Primitive Plane to make a dent in the middle that
    i can use as a stream with a water plane?

    I would like to make a small stream of water running across the plane and put
    a ground shader on the Primitive Plane and the build up a scene around the primitive.

     

    Have you considered Terradome3? https://www.daz3d.com/terradome-3-iray
    Lots of morph packs available as well.

  • punkypunky Posts: 25
    edited August 2019

    There’s this great script from mcasual here. It creates a morph based on a grayscale image.

    https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/mcjelevate

     

    another option would be to use dforce and drape the plane over some other primitives to create some kind of terrain...

    Or simply use multiple primitives in case you’re not wanting an organic look.

    Post edited by punky on
  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,693

    An other option could be to use a displacement map on the primitive plane. You’ll need to use a plane with a high number of divisions to get a detailed result in Iray though.

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    punky said:

    There’s this great script from mcasual here. It creates a morph based on a grayscale image.

    https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/mcjelevate

     

    another option would be to use dforce and drape the plane over some other primitives to create some kind of terrain...

    Or simply use multiple primitives in case you’re not wanting an organic look.

    Tks for the link:) Works like a charm!

  • punkypunky Posts: 25
    edited August 2019
    Sven Dullah said:
    Tks for the link:) Works like a charm!

    You’re welcome :)

    Post edited by punky on
  • My 3D SpinMy 3D Spin Posts: 608
    edited August 2019
    punky said:

    There’s this great script from mcasual here. It creates a morph based on a grayscale image.

    https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/mcjelevate

     

    another option would be to use dforce and drape the plane over some other primitives to create some kind of terrain...

    Or simply use multiple primitives in case you’re not wanting an organic look.

                      This was the best idea yet - I took a Rock and seized it long and high as a stream then i took my DForce Duvet
                      and simulated over the rock - then i turned the duvet around and got the perfect bump!

                      This is how it looks!

    Stream.jpg
    1200 x 900 - 915K
    Post edited by My 3D Spin on
  • My 3D SpinMy 3D Spin Posts: 608

    Or an even better idea - Place a large snake under the Blanket Pose it as a stream
    and Simulate!

    Here is what that looks like!

    Stream-2.jpg
    1200 x 1000 - 1M
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206

    Hexagon, subdivided grid, displacement brush, DAZ studio bridge

    or Bryce Terrain editor, DAZ studio bridge

  • Syrus_DanteSyrus_Dante Posts: 983

    You can already do alot with Daz Studio and the DFormers set to weight map influence or a Push Modifier that also can have a weight map influence. Once you have setup a DFormer or a Push Modifier like that you can use the Node Weight Map Brush tool inside Daz Studio like a sculpting brush.

    For more info on how to do that here I have a few threads with tutorials:

    And in this thread I was posting a few screenshots myself:

    Morphing brush

    You can also "bake" those mesh manipulations you did with DFormers, Push Modifier, Smoothing Modifier into a Morph slider. Just hide everything else in the scene then export an OBJ of your primitive and load it back into the scene, as a new object or a Morph for the primitive with Morph Loader Pro. While using Morph Loader Pro you also have the option to apply the morph just for some area on the primitive mesh painted as Weightmap Influence of another DFormer. The setting in Morph Loader Pro is called Attenuate By I was posting about that in this thread:

    Is there a way to make smoothing modifiers more detailed

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