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Modeling a ladder

Modeling a ladder

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Modeling a ladder

In this video, I'm going to add to my small props by modeling a ladder. We've got different kinds of ladders we can do; aluminum extension ladders, we can look at other ladders that are parts of scaffolds, and even site-built ladders like this wooden one. I'm going to make a single wooden ladder, so I can reuse some wood texture I'm going to use on the sledgehammer, and put in places to put a metal so it has some variable shine. Here in 3ds Max, I'm going to work in the same file I made my sledgehammer in. It's okay to do this and then export out things separately if you need. First, I'll hold Ctrl and right-click and choose Box from my creation quad. I'm going to try to make this around 0, 0, although I can always move things later. I'll start out by making the sides of the ladder, clicking and dragging for a box and jumping to the Modifier panel to put in an exact size. I'm going to give this a width of 1, so it's fairly slim, and a length of 3. Finally, I'm going to make this an 8…

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