Planetary Gearbox

About Project

A project designed to evaluate Octane's performance within MODO by integrating it into our daily workflow.

Category
CGI Animation
Client
Internal Development
Release
January 2024

Behind the Scenes

The asset is Imported into MODO, the overall sizes are checked to make sure it is to scale.

MODO Viewport

Clay Preview Render

A quick preview render to check the current setup and default lighting

Octane Render Viewport (Lightning Fast)

Material Setups

Below are the main materials that were created.

Blue Painted Metal Preview + Schematic Nodes
Black Painted Metal Preview + Schematic Nodes
Machined Steel Preview + Schematic Nodes

Material Render

Lit with an HDRI Map a high resolution image of the planetary gearbox is created using the final material setups. Tweaks might be made at the animation stages.

Final Octane Material & Lighting Setup

Animation Workflow

After creating the materials the gearbox assembly was exploded and keyframed while various camera angles were created. The gear components in the body were also animated.

Here is the draft animation straight from the MODO viewport:

Final Animation

Coming Soon.

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