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How to make a Wheel just using ZB?

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#1

How can i modeling a Wheel for a bicycle or a car just using ZB (no other 3d-Program!)?

#2

For the tire portion, you could accomplish it through deformations. See here: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=7537 The tutorial is several versions old, so you will probably need to compensate for different paths to some of the settings. But the principle still applies.

As for the spokes, you’ll need to use subtools. With careful use of deformations you could move individual elements into place, then merge them into a single subtool. Then you could duplicate it, deform it again to get a different rotation, and merge again. Repeat until you have the whole thing.

#3

Thanks, i understand and will look. :slight_smile:
But for a bicycle the Wheel isnt that i’m searching. :rolleyes:

#4

Um, you specifically said “bicycle” in your first post. :stuck_out_tongue:

For an automotive wheel I’d still do the rubber as per the tutorial. I’d then do the inner portion/rims through the following:


  1. Select the Circle3D and adjust its Initialize values based on what will let you create the effect you’re after.
  2. Press MakePolyMesh3D.
  3. Select the new tool and draw it on the canvas. Start hiding the polygons that cover places that will be holes in the wheel.
  4. Once all necessary polygons are hidden, delete them with Tool>Geometry>Delete Hidden.
  5. Store a Morph Target.
  6. Use the Offset Z deformation to move the disk forward some.
  7. Press Tool>Morph Target>CreateDiff Mesh. You’ll now have a new tool that has depth.
  8. From here you can use deformations and box modeling (via the Edge Loop feature) to adjust the shape you your liking.
Wheel.jpg

The example above is something I whipped together pretty fast (about 15 minutes) using this technique. You really can accomplish just about anything you’d like.

#5

Thanks, but this is a rim for a car. :smiley:
It’s interesting for modelling a complete car wheel.

But i need a wheel for a bicycle - see Picture! :rolleyes:

#6

You’re killing me, man.

In your first post, you said bicycle or car. I explained how to make a bicycle wheel, and figured that a car wheel would be fairly simple to figure out.

In your second post you said you’re not looking for a bicycle wheel. So I went into detail on a car wheel.

Now you say you’re not looking for a car, but want a bicycle wheel? Go back to my first answer, I told you how to do it.