{"id":35914,"date":"2017-11-02T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=35914"},"modified":"2017-11-22T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:26:25","slug":"shouldnt-work-somehow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shouldnt-work-somehow","title":{"rendered":"This shouldn&#8217;t work, but somehow, it does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shapeways office let out a collective &#8220;WHOA&#8221; this morning when this tweet went viral:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The N64 Logo has exactly 64 faces and 64 vertices <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SW1UwogkAW\">pic.twitter.com\/SW1UwogkAW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 gaming memes (@GamepIay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamepIay\/status\/925809927079292930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our minds were blown. But, being a good responsible 3D designer, Jacob Sonk (our Machine Team Lead) decided to check out what sounded like a dubious claim. At first, he didn&#8217;t think it was possible, since a singular face requires a minimum of three vertices, and a simple poly cube has six faces and eight vertices. BUT SCIENCE! Jacob made like a good scientist and took 10 minutes to recreate the logo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/maya\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The result?<\/p>\n<p><strong>IT&#8217;S ALL TRUE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35915 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM.png\" alt=\"Nintendo N64 logo render in 3D modeling software Maya\" width=\"817\" height=\"503\" data-wp-pid=\"35915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM.png 817w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-420x259.png 420w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-555x341.png 555w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-409x251.png 409w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-90x55.png 90w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-800x493.png 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-400x246.png 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pasted-image-at-2017_11_02-12_01-PM-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, tripling down, here&#8217;s the model in Blender again, just in case you still had doubts:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo N64 logo render in 3D modeling software Blender\" width=\"495\" height=\"487\" data-wp-pid=\"35918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender-420x413.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender-274x270.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the craziest thing you&#8217;ve discovered when 3D designing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shapeways office let out a collective &#8220;WHOA&#8221; this morning when this tweet went viral: The N64 Logo has exactly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":35918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478],"tags":[1900,2222,1241,765,2221,2220,1693],"class_list":["post-35914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-3d-design-software","tag-cool","tag-gamers","tag-internet","tag-n64","tag-nintendo","tag-video-games"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nintendo-N64-logo-render-in-3D-modeling-software-Blender.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - 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