making small, even bumps or holes

[digitalmunkey141]

im making a speaker and i want to make the little holes in the front...do i have to model each little hole in or is there an easier way...if i use bump mapping isnt it always random? i want them to be in little rows

[robcat2075]

holes for the grill?

 

there's a darksim texture that makes holes just like that. called metalholes.dsts oddly enough.

 

or you could make a transparency map in a paint program so the holes would be in any arrangement you like.

 

If you tiled the map you'd only need to make a few holes.

[the_black_mage]

no bump maps arn't random....

[digitalmunkey141]

"metalholes.dsts" is this on the CD or do i need to download it?

[jpappas]

That's one of the DarkSim Procedural Materials, you can download them for free from here:

 

http://www.darksim.com/html/simbiontam.html

 

 

The plugin that allows A:M to use the DarkSim materials is called Simbiont and is also free, but if you have A:M version 13.0 or above you don't need to get it, it's part of the A:M install and ready to go. Just create a new Material, change the Attribute to Darksim, then you'll see where you can click to load a material in, and just navigate to where you downloaded the materials.

 

-Jim