ChiralSym's 3d Violin

Version: XIII Date: 2009.06.25 License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Lice nse. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

File List: Violin by ChiralSym.obj Violin by ChiralSym.stl Violin by ChiralSym License.txt Violin Parts/ STL/ Violin.XIII.Bottom.stl Violin.XIII.Bow.Frog.stl Violin.XIII.Bow.Knob.stl Violin.XIII.Bow.Rod.stl Violin.XIII.Bridge.stl Violin.XIII.Chin.Rest.Clamp.stl Violin.XIII.Chin.Rest.stl Violin.XIII.Fingerboard.stl Violin.XIII.Pegs.stl Violin.XIII.Scroll.and.Neck.stl Violin.XIII.Side.stl Violin.XIII.Strings.stl Violin.XIII.Tail.Cord.stl Violin.XIII.Tail.Knob.stl Violin.XIII.Tail.Piece.stl Violin.XIII.Top.stl Wavefront OBJ/ Violin.XIII.Bottom.obj Violin.XIII.Bow.Frog.obj Violin.XIII.Bow.Knob.obj Violin.XIII.Bow.Rod.obj Violin.XIII.Bridge.obj Violin.XIII.Chin.Rest.Clamp.obj Violin.XIII.Chin.Rest.obj Violin.XIII.Fingerboard.obj Violin.XIII.Pegs.obj Violin.XIII.Scroll.and.Neck.obj Violin.XIII.Side.obj Violin.XIII.Strings.obj Violin.XIII.Tail.Cord.obj Violin.XIII.Tail.Knob.obj Violin.XIII.Tail.Piece.obj Violin.XIII.Top.obj Notes: This 3d violin was created by Anthony K. Yan, also known as "Chiral" or "ChiralS ym." For matters regarding this work, you can reach me via e-mail: snfe.agaupt@ gmail.com Initially the model was created in Electric Image Animation System's 3d Modeler as a combination of NURBS and sub-division objects. NURBS were useful for smoot hness and for precise boolean operations, as well as chamfers, such as rounds.

Some of the NURBS were re-topologized as subdivision surfaces because the NURBS patches became too numerous with complex topology. Some of the subdivision surf aces were then back-converted into NURBS for further boolean and rounding operat ions (in Electric Image Modeler, this is the UberNURBS feature). For example, t he top face of the violin follows the following process: NURBS-->Sub-D-->NURBs->Boolean cut to make the f-holes-->Rounding of the f-hole edges. All geometry was tessellated by Electric Image Modeler into a Wavefront .obj fi le and also converted by Meshlab 1.3.1 into a .stl file. Due to the left-handed coordinate system in Electric Image Modeler, some polygon normals had to be man ually reversed. There is no guarantee of authenticity or accuracy of the violin geometry; this m odel has several flaws in detail and form which I hope to correct in the future. It does not have a bass bar, nor a sound-post.

License: This model is available under a Creative Commons License: I'm sharing this 3d model in the hopes it will help other 3d hobbyists and non-c ommerical projects. I hope to see others share their work and improvements, as well as provide attributions for artistic and technical creation. If you use this work, you must give it proper attributions and credits in your ( derived) work(s). (1) If you did not modify any geometry, then you may credit this as: "The violin model and parts are from ChiralSym's 3d Violin." or "Some violin model and parts are from ChiralSym's 3d Violin." (2) If you did modify any geometry, then you may credit this as: "The violin model and parts are adapted from ChiralSym's 3d Violin." or "Some violin model and parts are adapted from ChiralSym's 3d Violin." ChiralSym's 3d Violin by Anthony "ChiralSym" Yan is licensed under a Creative Co mmons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. More details of the license can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at mailto:snfe.aga upt@gmail.com.