Maya Tutorials – Techshiny

So friends , today we are create a sofa modeling in Autodesk Maya. Modelling a sofa set is extremely easy , you need just use your creative brain to make a sofa . For practicing modelling, as a beginner, this is good.. So, Here is a step by step guide to modelling and texturing a sofa set in Maya

How to modelling a sofa set in Autodesk Maya

Create a box with Width 10, Height 3, and Depth 24.
Insert a controlled as for smoothing the sofa , You can see below image , how much Edge will you need to control the sofa for smoothing.

Now you can press 3 for smoothing the box.
After smoothing the box , your box should like this.

After that copy this box to make a sofa as shown in image below.

We create a our basic simple sofa shape. Now we can work on this shape to make our sofa more realities.
Select these two polygon and pull up little bit.

After pulling up the polygon , this box should like this.

Now we can work on other boxes.
Select these vertex

Pull the vertex little bit like this

adjust your sofa look like this.

Modelling a Sofa Leg

Create a cylinder with Radius 0.759, height 2.478 and subdivision axis 8. You can also choose radius and height according to your sofa image.
Select all the top vertices and scale to center like this.

Now give an control edge to this cylinder.

Place the leg bottom of your sofa at proper position.

How to modelling a Pillow in Maya

Create a box with width 10, Height 2 and Depth 12
Insert the Controlled Edge.

Press 3 for smoothing the pillow.

Select the center polygon and pull up little bit.

Select all four corner vertex and scale it little bit

Create one more edge in the center of this box.
Press and hold shift + Right click the click on Insert edge loop tool box to open insert edge loop tool setting.
After setting open, Click on Multiple Edge loop tool.
Enter 1 in Number of edge loop box.
Now insert edge in the center.

Delete the bottom half part of your pillow box.
Go to Modify and Click on Center Pivot.
Go to Edit and Click Duplicate Special Box Icon.
Duplicate Special Setting Box open.
You will see many option in this setting.
Just Choose instance and add minus in scale y axis value and click ok.
Another copy will create , you can adjust this copy like this image.

Now select both boxes, then go to mesh and click on combine, Now you box are combined together,
But you need little more work
Select these two edges

Hold down CTRL + right click. Now you will see many option. Now you can click on to vertex. After that your edge selection convert to vertex.
Hold down shift + Right click , after that you will again many option. Just choose merge vertices, after choose this option, three option were highlighted such as Merge vertex tools, merge vertices to center , merge vertices. You can click merge vertices checkbox to open merge vertices setting.
You can increase threshold to 0.413 or something little or bigger, this amount is perfect worked for me.
After that click on merge.
Now you can scale this pillow box according to your sofa model.
Now your sofa look like this.

How to Create UV for Better Texturing

Select this part as shown in image below.

Go to edit UV > delete uv
Go to Create UV and then click on Planner Mapping checkbox. A Planner Mapping UVS setting open.
Choose best plane and click ok.
After that, go to Edit UV > UV Texture editor.
A UV texture box will open select.
Press right click and choose UV.
select this box and move it .
Now go to polygon menu and click on unfold.
After unfold click on relax under polygon menu.
Now select the bottom face and repeat these steps again
Now create front, back, left , right UV one by one and remember don’t use shortcut

After creating UV, we need to assembled the uv
I like to sews the UV.
You can select all UVS
Go to polygon > and click on layout , your uvs assembled automatically.
But i don’t like automatic assembled uv, so i sews uvs manually.
For Sew UV, select one edge of your create uv , after select edge you will another edge highlighted.
You can move other highlighted edge box to front selected edge box.

after that , hold shift + right click and click on sew uv. Now your uv were sewed. Repeat this process to sew all uvs.
Here is a final uv

Go to Polygon Menu , then click on UV snapshot.
A snapshot setting will open.
Enter Value 1048 in size X and Y
Choose image format JPG or PNG and Click ok

Texturing a Sofa Set

Open the UV Creation image in Photoshop.
Create New white layer.
Download your desired textured from google image search.
Open this texture in Photoshop
Place this texture in UV Image.
Save the image in PSD or JPG , PNG format. P
PSD Format image does not work in mental ray.
Go to window > rendering > hypershade.
A material editor box will open.
Click on Lambert icon.
Double click on Lambert.
Minimize the hypershade window
You will see the Lambert setting in right side
Click on color check box and click on file icon.
Choose image file and select your image and click ok.
Go to hypershade window again, click on Lambert icon and click assign material to selection
Create another box UVS and give texture with same process.
I make some changes also , now our final sofa ready.

Conclusion

So we create a simple sofa set but we invest so much time on this project but why?

For any artist , practicing and model looks realistic is first think. In this tutorials your learn about modeling, texturing, UV mapping, uv sews. Material.

I am sure , after reading this tutorials , you will modeled and textured any type of sofa ,and chair using this techniques. Keep learning

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