Creating Dishes with DAZ Studio

Author: Ruri ruri

Tools Needed

* DAZ Studio

* D-form Plug-in

Step 1: Create a primitive

Open up DAZ Studio. In the Create menu Select New Primitive.

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In the New Primitive Box Click on Sphere in the drop down menu.

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Set the settings of you sphere. Make sure it's small has a large amount of Divisions (about 100)

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Step 2: Get a good View

Zoom in and get a better view of your sphere. Use the magnifying glass in the top right hand corner of the active view point.

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Get a good view like this.

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. Open your D-form Box. Open it by going to View, Tabs and D-form

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Step 3: Create a D-former

select your sphere. Click create new at the top of the D-form Box.

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then click OK on the box that appears in the center of the screen

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In the scene box click on the plus sign to expand it.

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Step 4: Flatten

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Select the sphere and open the parameters box by going to View, Tabs then Parameters. Change the Y scale in the parameters box to 5%

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Now in the scene box select D-former Field

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set the D-former field Y Scale to 10000

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Step 5: Creating the bowl

Now select the D-former

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and translate it on Y in the parameters box.

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Step 6: Flatten the bottom

Select the D-former. In the D-form Box click on Edit Spline.

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When the spline box opens click on Insert in the side of the box. Insert a few at the top.

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Then click move (right above insert) Move the points to make a smooth curve

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. Now you have a bowl.

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