Tire Tread - non decal

[flashawd]

Hi - Work mellowed out a bit, so I just started back up modeling a motorcycle from a few months back, and I am working on the tires and need some suggestions on how to put tread on a tire w/o the use of a decal. I did a seach, but didn't really come up w/ anything. I created a torus, but not sure where to go from there. Any suggestions would be appreciated, or even better if there happens to be a tutorial someone knows of. Thanks again - Eric.

[Caroline]

This thread looks interesting - I haven't tried it, and looks complex, but tell us if it works!

 

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21535

 

If you search for +tire +tread there are a few threads that might help.

[johnl3d]

Not sure if this would do ..spherical material used to do displacement for treads

 

 

 

 

tire.zip

[flashawd]

Thanks John and Caroline - that tutorial is perfect.