Basrelief 1.0 pictorial tutorial

Basrelief creation

The tool here presented permits the creation of bas and high-reliefs starting from 3d inventor models.

Once loaded a model (the one in the right window) the user can create a basrelief choosing from the menu the item Basrelief->Generate Basrelief. The obtained basrelief model is shown above in the small left window.

The user can adjust the precision of the resulting basrelief by choosing the Low/Med/Hi-res options ir the Basrelief Menu. In the above figure a Med-res basrelief is shown.

Using the Basrelief Depth slider the user can adjust the depth of the basrelief,

and with the Options->Edit Basrelief Color he can modify its visual properties (color shininess, etc.).

 

Basrelief Coloring

By disabling the light shading of the original model (menu Texture->Disable Lighting) the color information present in the original model can be directely transferred onto the basrelief as a texture (menu Texture->Color Basrelief and then Basrelief->Generate Basrelief)

Similarly (menu Texture->Cameo Texturing and then Basrelief->Generate Basrelief) the basrelief elevation information can be mapped as a texture onto the basrelief itself in order to mimic the cameo coloring scheme (see also this cameo ).

 

Tip and Tricks

To help the creation of basrelief the user, with the aid of the two slider Near Cut and Far Cut can choose to cut away the nearest and/or the furthest part of the basrelief. Once you have decided the near/cutting levels remember to re-create the basrelief (menu Basrelief->Generate Basrelief) to see the effects.

The two above images show the application of Near Cut and Far Cut sliders

Bas-reliefs in which the figures present a high perspective distortion some parts of the modeled forms can be excessively raised with reference to the background (see the above figure on the left). In this case with the aid of an user placed plane, as shown in the above figure on the right (menu Bas-Relief->Activate Manipulable Plane), we can correct this problem (left figure).
 

High-Relief Modeling
The Basrelief tools permits to model high-reliefs too; an high-relief can be seen as splitted in two parts: a background basrelief and a nearer foreground full 3d part.
The first step is to define the transition interface between the background and the foreground. This can be done by activating the clipping plane using the Basrelief->ClipPlane menu. Then, using the Transition Cut slider that moves a clipping plane into the model window the user can choose the desired cutting depth. Once this transition has been defined we can create the background basrelief as shown above.
The next step is to define the foreground highrelief by choosing the Basrelief->Generate Highrelief menu. Remember to not move the model window between the two phases of creation of bas and high part of the relief.
An at last, we integrate the two blocks (menu Basrelief->Both Bas n' High) obtaining the desired high-relief.