# Drawing a 3D Jigsaw **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536 "2003-02-14T11:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitiara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ab992/32.png) [@Kitiara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kitiara)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/1 "2003-02-14T11:16:48Z")
Considering that I don’t have any form of 3D graphics program, what’s the best way to make a 3D jigsaw? I’m trying to make a kinda chunky, 6 piece jigsaw for the front page of a website, and I just can’t seem to get it going right. 😠 Anyone got any ideas on how to tackle this one? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/2 "2003-02-14T19:55:14Z")
i think a pretty decent jig-saw can be done with swift 3d… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/3 "2003-02-14T20:07:08Z")
SWIFT 3D doesn´t fit in the **3D graphics program** cathegory??? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/4 "2003-02-14T20:14:21Z")
lol i think so! there is a way with duplicating it and fooling around with perspective and junk…much like you would on paper…but i dont have the exacts…i will fool around with it and let you know… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/5 "2003-02-14T20:25:30Z")
![](http://www.aulman.com/puzzle.gif) here is something I did real quick in FW, with Xenofex and KPT6… Don’t know if it will help, but I can explain in detail, if neede… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/6 "2003-02-14T21:20:12Z")
oh… oh… nevermind… i though this kind of jig saws lmao! ![](http://www.crownrent.com/saw%20jig.jpg) . sorry :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/7 "2003-02-15T00:08:05Z")
i’ve managed to make a few slightly effective ones using vectors. Bear in mind that i didn’t actually spend much time making a good looking piece to begin with so you could probably improve on this… the first method is just to make a flat piece , envelope or rotate it to get it to the position / perspective you want, then just make lots of duplicates moving a bit each time, so it’s actually just built up of heaps of 2d images. Looks ok, but not that good the other one was to make my 2d vector, then extrude it (flash doesn’t have this command though) which allows me to rotate, give light source etc. I think it looks ok i can also increase the number of steps if need be depending on what you want, this may or may not be suitable… if you can specify what you want it to look like, i could probably try to assemble it for you using the extrude method if you want anyways, hope it helps Stuart ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/8 "2003-02-15T00:30:48Z")
the first way was what i was thinking of… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/9 "2003-02-15T14:14:00Z")
I´ve found a perfet tute for ya at [VectorKid](http://www.vectorkid.com/). That site is so good for drawing in flash that i´ll put it on resorceful links too =) I´ve saved the trouble to search in that site for the tute that i´m talking about, and attached it here 😉 Hope it helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/10 "2003-02-16T07:22:47Z")
nice tute, but the problem is that a jigsaw piece is a very irregular shape. There may be a way of doing it simply, but i can’t think of how you could using the perspective lines, unless somehow you were really good with perspective stuff in which case you could have made the piece without much difficulty… that site looks like it’s got lotsa cool stuff too Stuart ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/11 "2003-02-17T10:20:42Z")
Thanks for the link Guigo, I’m gonna go check that out right now. 🙂 ILikePie - I hadn’t thought of using the extrude filter… I tried the 3D Transform one, but made the proverbial pigs ear of that. 🙂 This is the best I was able to come up with using Photoshop. No filters involved. You can see what I was aiming for, but it’s still a bit dodgy. Plus, because of the way I ended up drawing it, if I wanted to animate it I’d have to redraw it, as it’s all one shape and the pieces aren’t individual. I guess it looks alright to present to the clients though, as a concept. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/12 "2003-02-17T11:11:06Z")
=) here´s mine atempt 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/13 "2003-02-17T11:19:52Z")
That’s it, that’s the kind of thing! Then you can divide up the jigsaw into each individual piece, and when the user mouses over one, it floats up and highlights… 🙂 It’s just been shown to my managers’ manger, the whole page layout I’ve made. And you know what she said? She liked it, but ‘why is the jigsaw square?’ I swear, in a minute I am going to scream. Loudly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/14 "2003-02-17T12:26:12Z")
😛 chill out kity, don´t scream. remember what happened last time…the vacation on a mental institution thing…you don´t want that again, right? Inhale deeply…exhale… count with me: 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9… there you go! much better isn´t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/15 "2003-02-17T15:58:21Z")
\_rocking back and forth slowly_\ Must be positive, performance review coming up, cannot strangle them all with mouse cable… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/16 "2003-02-17T16:08:39Z")
that´s the spirit! =) [SIZE=1]you siko loony cyborg :P[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/17 "2003-02-17T18:25:57Z")
:love: lol! :pope: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/18 "2003-02-17T18:49:21Z")
you know mdipi… its no pretty to laugh out loud on others mental disorders… 😉 you could hurt her feelings… you know who i mean by her :whistle: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/19 "2003-02-19T11:03:56Z")
I am not offended. But I am! Uhoh, looks like my personality has split in two… :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drawing-a-3d-jigsaw/13536/20 "2003-02-19T11:11:57Z")
i love both of your personalities equally 😉 but that´s me —\> ![](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/Content/ProdImages/f03628_lg.jpg)