I've been interested in creating reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's machines and automata using 3D software for some time. I'll document the process here as a sort of loose tutorial in rigging mechanical devices.
Here is the beveled version of the ratchet wheel. Perfectly sharp edges give CG models a kind of unrealistic perfection. By rounding out all the edges, I've introduced a little bit of an organic, realistic quality.
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