Captain Wheel Week 2 Part 1

Wheel 

I used the tool create primitive 3d Pipe tool to make the  the main outer shell of the wheel. I then edited the width and radius of the 3d Object. Making 3d models with primitives  can make it all more easier and can speed up the process of developing the  3d model.  

I pressed '3' key to see what the the model looks in smooth preview.  This can be very useful to see what the 3D model looks before we actually do any  drastic modification to the 3D object.
The next 3D primitive I used is the create 3D cylinder tool to make the first spoke.  I edited the width and length of the cylinder. 

Once I got the right size I decided to  duplicate  the cylinder to make rest of the wheel spokes.  This  was to make sure all wheel spokes are the same size.  This speeds up the process instead of making all wheel spokes one by one. It is more accurate too.

I used combine tool to make all the wheel spokes into one 3D object. This tool is very useful since it allows you to group multiple separate meshes together which then allows you move,transform and rotate them all at the same time.  If you need to move all objects together you will be able to using this tool.

This image could be improved by making sure all wheel spokes are the same size and dimensions. The spokes are not all rotated at the same angle, some of them are  in front or behind the line of the outer wheel.  The middle could have a little more detail.   If I did this again it would be a lot more accurate. I should make a more accurate wheel spoke template than before. Then I should duplicate it and try to make sure I don't change the sizes whilst modelling. To get the right angle size of the wheel spokes I should use the placement tool and type how big the angle will be and it will automatically place it.