Project 3: Simple Coffee Table
This simple coffee table uses some of the skills that we covered in Week 3 of classes:
- Rez and re-shape prims
- Move prims
- Shift-Drag copies of prims
- Texture Prims
- Link Prims
If you are uncertain of a step, refer back to the Week 3 class notes.
We will be making this table upside down, then turning it over once finished. This makes it easier to see the position of the legs.
Alternatively, lower the table top until the legs stick through the top, position them, then raise the table top once completed.
Prim 1
- Rez a Box
- General Tab: Name the prim Table Top
- Object Tab: Size: X= 1.500, Y = 0.900, Z = 0.100
- Texture Tab: Select a texture or colour for your table top
Prim 2
- Shift-Drag a copy of the Table Top upwards along the blue axis
- General Tab: Name the prim Leg 1
- Object Tab: Size: X= 0.100, Y = 0.100, Z = 0.500
- Texture Tab: Texture the leg with a different texture if you like
Position Leg 1 on one corner of table top by moving along the green line to reach one edge of the table top.
Then move the leg along the red axis to position it against the other edge of the Table Top.
If you are making your coffee table upside down, lower the leg along the blue axis until the leg is slightly buried in the Table top prim.
If you are making your coffee table with the Table top slightly lowered, leave the leg as positioned.
You can position the legs flush with the edge of the Table Top, or slightly inside; its your coffee table, so you can decide where you want the legs to go.
Use your camera controls to zoom in and out and pan around Leg 1 to view its position from all angles until you are happy with the position.
Prim 3
Shift-drag a copy of Leg 1 along the green axis and position the leg on the other end of the Table Top.
DO NOT MOVE Leg 2 in the red OR blue positions.
(If you have accidentally moved the Leg 2 prim in the red or blue directions you will need to manually re-enter the X and Z position numbers in Leg 2 by copying them from Leg 1.)
Once again, zoom and pan around the position of this leg and make sure you are happy with the position along the edge of the Table Top.
As you are still in Edit mode, the Leg 2 prim should have a yellow outline to indicate it is the selected prim.
Hold down the SHIFT key on your keyboard and click on the Leg 1 prim with your mouse. Now both prims are selected; check that they both have a yellow outline around them
Prims 4+5
Shift-Drag a copy of both legs towards the opposite side of the Table Top.
DO NOT CHANGE ANY of the green or blue positions.
Position the selected Legs 3 and 4 along the edge of the Table Top until they match the alignment positions of the Leg 1 and Leg 2 prims.
Check your work:
- The Z position numbers should be the same for all 4 Leg prims
- The X position numbers should be the same for each pair of legs
- The Y position numbers should be the same for each pair of legs
If you have been using the lowered Table Top method, select the Table Top prim and raise it along the blue axis until the bottom of the Table Top prim is just touching the top of the Leg prims.
Link
Select the 5 prims: right click on the first prim, then hold down the SHIFT key as you click on each other prim. All selected prims should have a yellow outline.
Press CTRL+L or Cmd+L (Mac) to link the prims. The Root Prim will now have a yellow outline while all the other linked prims have a blue outline.
Finish
If you have been working upside down, rotate your table
- Object Tab: Rotation: Y = 180.00
Congratulations on your new coffee table. White with no sugar thanks...