Procedural Modelling & Rigging in Technical Illustration
Wire Rope issues to be aware of when inspecting.
How to identify parts of a Wire Rope, and count one Lay Length
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: prototype
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Birdcaging
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Birdcaging
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Birdcaging
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: base rope
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: crushed
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Cut or fraying strands
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Kinked
Procedural Wire rope modelling to create those illustrations: Alternate method - sweeping with geometry - nice result, but heavy. I ended up using render curves instead.
Procedural Flex-tube development
Procedural Flex-tube development: geometry controlled by bezier curve
Procedural Flex-tube development: geometry controlled by bezier curve
Procedural Flex-tube - Use-case: multiple positions needed for a given lift with flex-tube correctly connected: CAD flex tube of course is static and geometrically incorrect.
Procedural Flex-tube - Use-case: multiple positions needed for a given lift with flex-tube correctly connected: CAD flex tube of course is static and geometrically incorrect.
Procedural Flex-tube - Use-case: multiple positions needed for a given lift with flex-tube correctly connected: CAD flex tube of course is static and geometrically incorrect.
Procedural Flex-tube - Use-case: multiple positions needed for a given lift with flex-tube correctly connected: CAD flex tube of course is static and geometrically incorrect.
Procedural Flex-tube - Use-case: multiple positions needed for a given lift with flex-tube correctly connected: CAD flex tube of course is static and geometrically incorrect.
Procedural modelling of cotter pin for Lift Arm installation illustration
Procedural modelling of D-ring pin for Lift Arm installation illustration
Finished Lift Arm installation illustration
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Back-of-house screengrab of Schematic Node Graph of rigging - what I call "rigging sausages" captured as meta-documentation of the process.
Examples of how and why procedural modelling and rigging of models are so integral to Technical Illustration. It's funny how all this back-of-house stuff makes such a huge quality of life difference, speeds up work, makes for more accurate output - and is so often not seen or understood by folks one step removed from the actual performance of technical work.
Those who know - know.
And so I present my rigging sausages and procedural modelling development meta doc screencaps - primarily for the amusement and and "oh yeah" nods amongst all those who recognize back-of-house efforts - from technical artists to technical illustrators and writer through to engineers.
Those who know - know!
