Hi
Firstly, English is not my national language :rolleyes: sorry for mistakes 
Does anyone can tell me how to make the welds as these down?
I got a suggestion that this could be done using dynamic paint it works but this is too much workā¦ I modeled a tank, which itself has a lot of places where they are visible weldsā¦
Moved from āGeneral Forums > Blender and CG Discussionsā to āSupport > Modelingā (though it might be more appropriate to put this in āMaterials and Texturesā)
Use a simple texture and think about how close you need the camera to be to the welds for the closest shot in your sequence. Chances are you donāt need that much resolution.
you could emulate this pattern using
metaball !
or you could also use pic and make a bump map !
salutations
The only reason to use dynamic paint would be to animate the act of welding itself. Another option to add to everyone elseās suggestions might be a mutires sculpt baked to a normals map. But I also agree that you could get away with something simpler if the camera isnāt going to get extremely close to those welds.
Can you give me a link to something similar like emulating pattern with metaballā¦
Thanks to everyone!!
welding1.blend (532 KB)
you might need to find a nice image for welds join horizontal
not certain if its is pack with file!
here are examples with 3 methods
salutations
for the metaballs you could play with distances or make it real then use sculpt tool to re shape it
i mean there are more then one way of doing things in blender!
salutations
Thank you!
