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How can I smooth all crown but don't smooth the top of the crown? I did a subdivision surface, but this didn't work. All crown became smooth and changed form.






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How can I smooth all crown but don't smooth the top of the crown? I did a subdivision surface, but this didn't work. All crown became smooth and changed form.






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    Possible duplicate of Subsurf modifier rounding sharp edges
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Another approach:



enter image description here




  • Create a Z-scaled, subduvided UV sphere, and a capless cylinder, at the origin.

  • Give the cylinder a few horizontal loops, and assign it a Srinkwrap modifier to the sphere; drag it down to a good-looking position in Z

  • Select the N,S,E,W vertices on the top loop of the Cylinder, and with Proportional Edit / Linear falloff, drag the points up in Z

  • Proportional off, Median Pivot Point, scale the bottom loop to 0 in Z

  • Assign a Solidify modifier, with 'Crease' set to 1 for Inner, Outer, and Rim.


The crease will hold against any subdivision.. after applying the modifiers you can extrude down the cylindrical headband, etc. (You might not even need subdivision, maybe AutoSmooth will do..)



EDIT: .... But as moonboots points out, it's worth taking a little time, instead of the crease, to put in a bevel after applying the Solidify, around the rims, and then across the peaks and troughs, as shown:



enter image description here






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    nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
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    @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
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    yes sure do it!
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    2 hours ago



















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Here is a way to make a crown, maybe there's a simpler?




  • Build a basic cube, delete its two side faces, give it a Mirror modifier.

  • Drag up its central edge, add 3 vertical edge loops.

  • Add some additional edge loops close to the angles so that it will sharp them later.

  • Give your object an Array modifier. Choose a Count of 4. Enable the Merge option.

  • Give your object a Simple Deform modifier / Bend mode. Choose an Angle value of 360°. If it doesn't turn around the Z axis, apply the rotation of your object.

  • At last, give your object a Subsurf modifier (and press the Smooth Shading button on the Tools panel).

  • Move a bit your edges with GG to sharp the crest and the low of the crown.

  • Apply the modifiers (except the Subsurf if possible), remove the doubles (where the 360° joint happens).


enter image description here






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    add a subsurface modifier, select some edges and crease the edges
    enter image description here



    enter image description here



    it's a little easier of you crease the entire thing, then select a few edges and reduce the crease where you want it softer or rounder.



    creasing is quite versatile :D



    enter image description here






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      That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
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    Add in more loop cuts on the subsurf mod. That should do it. I take it that smooth shading doesn't work?






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      $begingroup$

      Another approach:



      enter image description here




      • Create a Z-scaled, subduvided UV sphere, and a capless cylinder, at the origin.

      • Give the cylinder a few horizontal loops, and assign it a Srinkwrap modifier to the sphere; drag it down to a good-looking position in Z

      • Select the N,S,E,W vertices on the top loop of the Cylinder, and with Proportional Edit / Linear falloff, drag the points up in Z

      • Proportional off, Median Pivot Point, scale the bottom loop to 0 in Z

      • Assign a Solidify modifier, with 'Crease' set to 1 for Inner, Outer, and Rim.


      The crease will hold against any subdivision.. after applying the modifiers you can extrude down the cylindrical headband, etc. (You might not even need subdivision, maybe AutoSmooth will do..)



      EDIT: .... But as moonboots points out, it's worth taking a little time, instead of the crease, to put in a bevel after applying the Solidify, around the rims, and then across the peaks and troughs, as shown:



      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer











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      • 1




        $begingroup$
        nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        3 hours ago










      • $begingroup$
        @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
        $endgroup$
        – Robin Betts
        3 hours ago












      • $begingroup$
        yes sure do it!
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        2 hours ago
















      5












      $begingroup$

      Another approach:



      enter image description here




      • Create a Z-scaled, subduvided UV sphere, and a capless cylinder, at the origin.

      • Give the cylinder a few horizontal loops, and assign it a Srinkwrap modifier to the sphere; drag it down to a good-looking position in Z

      • Select the N,S,E,W vertices on the top loop of the Cylinder, and with Proportional Edit / Linear falloff, drag the points up in Z

      • Proportional off, Median Pivot Point, scale the bottom loop to 0 in Z

      • Assign a Solidify modifier, with 'Crease' set to 1 for Inner, Outer, and Rim.


      The crease will hold against any subdivision.. after applying the modifiers you can extrude down the cylindrical headband, etc. (You might not even need subdivision, maybe AutoSmooth will do..)



      EDIT: .... But as moonboots points out, it's worth taking a little time, instead of the crease, to put in a bevel after applying the Solidify, around the rims, and then across the peaks and troughs, as shown:



      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer











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      • 1




        $begingroup$
        nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        3 hours ago










      • $begingroup$
        @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
        $endgroup$
        – Robin Betts
        3 hours ago












      • $begingroup$
        yes sure do it!
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        2 hours ago














      5












      5








      5





      $begingroup$

      Another approach:



      enter image description here




      • Create a Z-scaled, subduvided UV sphere, and a capless cylinder, at the origin.

      • Give the cylinder a few horizontal loops, and assign it a Srinkwrap modifier to the sphere; drag it down to a good-looking position in Z

      • Select the N,S,E,W vertices on the top loop of the Cylinder, and with Proportional Edit / Linear falloff, drag the points up in Z

      • Proportional off, Median Pivot Point, scale the bottom loop to 0 in Z

      • Assign a Solidify modifier, with 'Crease' set to 1 for Inner, Outer, and Rim.


      The crease will hold against any subdivision.. after applying the modifiers you can extrude down the cylindrical headband, etc. (You might not even need subdivision, maybe AutoSmooth will do..)



      EDIT: .... But as moonboots points out, it's worth taking a little time, instead of the crease, to put in a bevel after applying the Solidify, around the rims, and then across the peaks and troughs, as shown:



      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer











      $endgroup$



      Another approach:



      enter image description here




      • Create a Z-scaled, subduvided UV sphere, and a capless cylinder, at the origin.

      • Give the cylinder a few horizontal loops, and assign it a Srinkwrap modifier to the sphere; drag it down to a good-looking position in Z

      • Select the N,S,E,W vertices on the top loop of the Cylinder, and with Proportional Edit / Linear falloff, drag the points up in Z

      • Proportional off, Median Pivot Point, scale the bottom loop to 0 in Z

      • Assign a Solidify modifier, with 'Crease' set to 1 for Inner, Outer, and Rim.


      The crease will hold against any subdivision.. after applying the modifiers you can extrude down the cylindrical headband, etc. (You might not even need subdivision, maybe AutoSmooth will do..)



      EDIT: .... But as moonboots points out, it's worth taking a little time, instead of the crease, to put in a bevel after applying the Solidify, around the rims, and then across the peaks and troughs, as shown:



      enter image description here







      share|improve this answer














      share|improve this answer



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      • 1




        $begingroup$
        nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        3 hours ago










      • $begingroup$
        @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
        $endgroup$
        – Robin Betts
        3 hours ago












      • $begingroup$
        yes sure do it!
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        2 hours ago














      • 1




        $begingroup$
        nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        3 hours ago










      • $begingroup$
        @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
        $endgroup$
        – Robin Betts
        3 hours ago












      • $begingroup$
        yes sure do it!
        $endgroup$
        – moonboots
        2 hours ago








      1




      1




      $begingroup$
      nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
      $endgroup$
      – moonboots
      3 hours ago




      $begingroup$
      nice, but instead of crease, which hurts, maybe you can finish by some bevels, first on the edges all around then on the crest, this one seems to work: zupimages.net/up/19/09/urwa.jpg
      $endgroup$
      – moonboots
      3 hours ago












      $begingroup$
      @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
      $endgroup$
      – Robin Betts
      3 hours ago






      $begingroup$
      @moonboots Quite right. Shall I staple it into the answer? Probably best here in the comment.
      $endgroup$
      – Robin Betts
      3 hours ago














      $begingroup$
      yes sure do it!
      $endgroup$
      – moonboots
      2 hours ago




      $begingroup$
      yes sure do it!
      $endgroup$
      – moonboots
      2 hours ago













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      Here is a way to make a crown, maybe there's a simpler?




      • Build a basic cube, delete its two side faces, give it a Mirror modifier.

      • Drag up its central edge, add 3 vertical edge loops.

      • Add some additional edge loops close to the angles so that it will sharp them later.

      • Give your object an Array modifier. Choose a Count of 4. Enable the Merge option.

      • Give your object a Simple Deform modifier / Bend mode. Choose an Angle value of 360°. If it doesn't turn around the Z axis, apply the rotation of your object.

      • At last, give your object a Subsurf modifier (and press the Smooth Shading button on the Tools panel).

      • Move a bit your edges with GG to sharp the crest and the low of the crown.

      • Apply the modifiers (except the Subsurf if possible), remove the doubles (where the 360° joint happens).


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer











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        $begingroup$

        Here is a way to make a crown, maybe there's a simpler?




        • Build a basic cube, delete its two side faces, give it a Mirror modifier.

        • Drag up its central edge, add 3 vertical edge loops.

        • Add some additional edge loops close to the angles so that it will sharp them later.

        • Give your object an Array modifier. Choose a Count of 4. Enable the Merge option.

        • Give your object a Simple Deform modifier / Bend mode. Choose an Angle value of 360°. If it doesn't turn around the Z axis, apply the rotation of your object.

        • At last, give your object a Subsurf modifier (and press the Smooth Shading button on the Tools panel).

        • Move a bit your edges with GG to sharp the crest and the low of the crown.

        • Apply the modifiers (except the Subsurf if possible), remove the doubles (where the 360° joint happens).


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer











        $endgroup$
















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          $begingroup$

          Here is a way to make a crown, maybe there's a simpler?




          • Build a basic cube, delete its two side faces, give it a Mirror modifier.

          • Drag up its central edge, add 3 vertical edge loops.

          • Add some additional edge loops close to the angles so that it will sharp them later.

          • Give your object an Array modifier. Choose a Count of 4. Enable the Merge option.

          • Give your object a Simple Deform modifier / Bend mode. Choose an Angle value of 360°. If it doesn't turn around the Z axis, apply the rotation of your object.

          • At last, give your object a Subsurf modifier (and press the Smooth Shading button on the Tools panel).

          • Move a bit your edges with GG to sharp the crest and the low of the crown.

          • Apply the modifiers (except the Subsurf if possible), remove the doubles (where the 360° joint happens).


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer











          $endgroup$



          Here is a way to make a crown, maybe there's a simpler?




          • Build a basic cube, delete its two side faces, give it a Mirror modifier.

          • Drag up its central edge, add 3 vertical edge loops.

          • Add some additional edge loops close to the angles so that it will sharp them later.

          • Give your object an Array modifier. Choose a Count of 4. Enable the Merge option.

          • Give your object a Simple Deform modifier / Bend mode. Choose an Angle value of 360°. If it doesn't turn around the Z axis, apply the rotation of your object.

          • At last, give your object a Subsurf modifier (and press the Smooth Shading button on the Tools panel).

          • Move a bit your edges with GG to sharp the crest and the low of the crown.

          • Apply the modifiers (except the Subsurf if possible), remove the doubles (where the 360° joint happens).


          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer














          share|improve this answer



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              $begingroup$

              add a subsurface modifier, select some edges and crease the edges
              enter image description here



              enter image description here



              it's a little easier of you crease the entire thing, then select a few edges and reduce the crease where you want it softer or rounder.



              creasing is quite versatile :D



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer











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                That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
                $endgroup$
                – Kroltan
                8 mins ago
















              3












              $begingroup$

              add a subsurface modifier, select some edges and crease the edges
              enter image description here



              enter image description here



              it's a little easier of you crease the entire thing, then select a few edges and reduce the crease where you want it softer or rounder.



              creasing is quite versatile :D



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer











              $endgroup$









              • 1




                $begingroup$
                That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
                $endgroup$
                – Kroltan
                8 mins ago














              3












              3








              3





              $begingroup$

              add a subsurface modifier, select some edges and crease the edges
              enter image description here



              enter image description here



              it's a little easier of you crease the entire thing, then select a few edges and reduce the crease where you want it softer or rounder.



              creasing is quite versatile :D



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer











              $endgroup$



              add a subsurface modifier, select some edges and crease the edges
              enter image description here



              enter image description here



              it's a little easier of you crease the entire thing, then select a few edges and reduce the crease where you want it softer or rounder.



              creasing is quite versatile :D



              enter image description here







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



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                That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
                $endgroup$
                – Kroltan
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                That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
                $endgroup$
                – Kroltan
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              That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
              $endgroup$
              – Kroltan
              8 mins ago




              $begingroup$
              That's the most appropriate non-destructive solution
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              Add in more loop cuts on the subsurf mod. That should do it. I take it that smooth shading doesn't work?






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                      How to solve the problem of ntp “Unable to contact time server” from KDE?

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                      1 0 I want to set date and time automatically but this error appears when I try to .. I'm using openSUSE, I tried different servers but it didn't work either, help please! It doesn't seem to be a network problem: $ ping pool.ntp.org 64 bytes from 41.78.128.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=41 time=260 ms To the question of whether ntpd is installed and running: $ ps -C ntpd PID TTY TIME CMD i.e. there's no ntpd process running. $ rpm -qa | grep ntp yast2-ntp-client-3.1.12-1.7.noarch ntp-4.2.6p5-25.2.1.i586 Further information from the comments: $ sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org 25 Sep 19:41:51 ntpdate[3162]: no server suitable for synchronization found networking kde opensuse ntp ntpd sh...
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                      ASUS Zenbook UX433/UX333 — Configure Touchpad-embedded numpad on Linux

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                      0 1 I have an ASUS Zenbook UX433,on which ASUS decided to innovate by embedding a Numpad inside the touchpad (see picture 1). Toggling between classic touchpad mode and numpad (also turns the touchpad LEDs on) can be done through the golden button in the top-right corner of the touchpad. However, on my Manjaro arch Linux config, this behavior does not work by default and I can only use the touchpad, no numpad. Has anyone been able to configure the numpad to work on Linux, or have any idea how this could be achieved? EDIT1: I have had a look at the official Windows drivers for the UX433FA TouchPad, but was not able to make anything of it. I tried installing them on Linux using tools like NDISWrapper, but they do not detect the TouchPad/Numpad hardware, and my understanding of drivers is too limited. ...
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