Race track modelling

Race Track Modelling

Track outline

Straight track

Curve track

The race tracks were created with the guidance of the track outline as shown above.An outline can be created first before modelling it in Maya as it may be too complex to model it directly.With an outline, the polygon of the object can be created by using the 'Create Polygon Tool'.This allows the user to customize the polygon instead of using the polygon primitive shapes that are already available in Maya.I find the concept of having outline first very useful and convenient for the designers/modellers. The track was curved by changing the curvature from 0 to 1 in the bend1 section in channel box. If I want the tack to be straight instead of curve,I change it back form 1 to 0.