Bryce: Rounded Shapes: Bowls, Plates, etc.

We have a substitute teacher today, but I am still on campus.  I expect students to treat my substitute with respect and courtesy.

Today we will use the Terrain tool and a large, soft brush to create a rounded shape (i.e. a bowl).  Similarly you can use the "round edges" button to round existing Terrain shapes.

As with many of our projects in Bryce, we will be using a Terrain to build a shape:

• Create a new Terrain object.
• Click the E to Edit the Terrain.
• Click the New button (or drop the elevation to black and paint over the whole Terrain).
• Move the elevation all the way up (white).
• Choose a soft-edged brush -- the largest available -- and center your brush on the screen (See Figure 1).
• Click a few times.  You will notice a rounded shape in your preview window (See Figure 2).
• Open the Brush Behavior window (Figure 3 #1)
• Drag the bottom elevation slider (Figure 3 #2) up slightly [until the background turns red].
• Click the Check Mark to accept changes to your new "rounded terrain"
• Use your EDIT tools to rotate, resize, and reposition your new object.
• Add a texture and use the object in a scene.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3