{"id":2704,"date":"2020-02-07T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:52:29","slug":"imvu-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU Bow &#038; Bow-Tie (accessory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fe65cd69c1e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fe65cd69c1e\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-bow\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-bow\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VvKgDTsC5g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Twitch stream on making a simple Bow and then Bow-tie accessory using the Accessory Starter File (<i>recorded live, may include off-topic chat<\/i>). To make a simple bow the default Cude is first edited to remove three sides to create a basic &#8216;C&#8217; shape that is further edited and shaped by adding a number of Loop Cuts. This is duplicated and mirrored with an additional Cube primate (<b><i>Add \u00bb Mesh \u00bb Cube<\/i><\/b>) forming the center knot. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">node-based Material<\/a> is then added to which a pre-made texture is linked and then mapped to the object once UV unwrapped in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/uv-editing\/\">UV Editing Workspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To create a simple Bow-Tie accessory item a cylinder (<b><i>Add \u00bb Mesh \u00bb Cylinder<\/i><\/b>) is added to accommodate the avatars neck then the project is brought into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">Accessory Starter File<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-append\/\"><b>Append<\/b><\/a> where it&#8217;s positioned, prepped and exported to FBX. This is then imported into IMVU Create Mode deriving from the default Accessory item (glasses) for assembly and publishing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: c. 1 hr 40 mins (1:40:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 720p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitable for<\/b>: Beginners.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - creatormas 2019 - 1.zip\">Creatormas 2019 &#8211; Ep 1 (Bow Tie)<\/a> | c. 700KB (*.blend, *.png).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imvu.com\/shop\/product.php?products_id=47597550\">47597550<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: see links below for more on topics shown in the video;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/left-click-select\/\">Setting up left or right mouse click<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/smoothing\/\">What is Mesh Smoothing?<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blender-basics\/\">The basics of Blender 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/material-basics\/\">Material basics, using Nodes in Blender 2.8<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-materials\/\">IMVU compliant material names<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/mouse-emulate\/\">Using a 2-button Mouse with Blender 2.8+<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n&bull; 05:30 &#8211; Mesh Editing<br \/>\n&bull; 25:30 &#8211; Materials &#038; UV Maps<br \/>\n&bull; 51:00 &#8211; Accessory Append, Prep &#038; Export<br \/>\n&bull; 1:04:00 &#8211; Import &#038; Assembly<br \/>\n&bull; 1:13:30 &#8211; Vertex Painting<br \/>\n&bull; 1:21:30 &#8211; Re-export, Assembly &#038; Upload<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,230],"tags":[575,605,203,194,103,648],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-accessory","tag-blender-for-imvu","tag-fbx","tag-imvu","tag-materials","tag-uv-maps"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7505,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions\/7505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}