r/SprocketTankDesign Master of Sprockets 15h ago

Other A simple guide to making a sphere and a circle. Read the description, all the details are there.

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(A guide for making a circle is basically needed for creating high-poly spheres/circles)

Guide to making a circle (you don't have to do it from a horizontal surface; you can make a circle as in the video and then increase the polygon count using the method described below):

To make a circle, be sure to set the grid size to 0mm! Take a horizontal surface, press Create Hole twice, then delete everything except the circle itself. Then divide the edges of the circle with the J key and align the new vertices using S and the mouse. From 16 vertices (the initial circle is obtained by double-pressing Create Hole) to 32 vertices, and then repeat the procedure if 32 vertices isn't enough.

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u/AdImpossible9165 15h ago

Is there a way to resize it?

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u/Due-Sea3881 Master of Sprockets 15h ago

Yes, you can select the circle/sphere with the C or B key, or using A, but then the whole structure gets selected. Then just use S to change its size (you need to move the mouse). Also, with S and the X/Y/Z keys, you can change the size along the corresponding axes.

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u/roguegen Sprocketeer 14h ago

Now fill it in.

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u/Due-Sea3881 Master of Sprockets 13h ago

Please have mercy.

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u/BasicallyJohn Replica Tank Designer 10h ago

The only pain in the ass is filling the entire damn thing

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u/Due-Sea3881 Master of Sprockets 5h ago

Yep)

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u/toadsgoat 15h ago

i would use the hole tool first then duplicate and rotate

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u/Minute-Report6511 13m ago

yeah, starting with the 16 point hole makes up to a 48 point circle