thanulee Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hello, anyone had ever this issue before when having an extruded shape converted to editable poly? I cant remove this edge.. I can only delete it thus it removes all the side of the model. I cant even cap it afterwards its behaving very weird. If i convert it to mesh its exactly the same. It happens sometimes not always, but pretty often. Help plz, its very annoying i cant work like this thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beestee Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 You can cut the poly anywhere that connects the inner and outer shapes and then remove the edge from the troublesome location, that is if there is a better location for it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanulee Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thank u but this doesnt help either. i wanna chamfer the letter so i can get a bevel. I dont need any edge that connects those shapes. Its a bug right? It doesnt happen to all shapes but to some. ps. ofc i can poly model it but thats not my point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Penaloza Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 yes it is 3D Max poly, it is about the way it triangulate the shapes. What you can do is not transform to poly but to mesh. Then you can chamfer edges and everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcellabbe Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I nearly always work in editable poly and i have used extruded text spline before, and it's not a bug. I just retried it on Max2012. Made a text spline letter, then extruded it and then converted to editable poly. I got the same edge (placed somewhere else) and, yes, it interferes with the chamfer. It also does that with the letters A and O; you just can't have a single polygon with a hole in it. @Fransisco I tried your suggestion with mesh, which i don't use a lot. I encountered problems but it must be me. So pardon me if i give my solution with polygon. @Thanos What i do is select the side polygon and make an insert about the size i plan the chamfer, and then select the corner edges to make a chamfer. Or ultimately, if no insert, you'll have to go in and adjust every vertex by hand! Imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanulee Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nope. If i convert it to mesh its exactly the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcellabbe Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) I nearly always work in editable poly and i have used extruded text spline before, and it's not a bug. I just retried it on Max2012. Made a text spline letter, then extruded it and then converted to editable poly. I got the same edge (placed somewhere else) and, yes, it interferes with the chamfer. It also does that with the letters A and O; you just can't have a single polygon with a hole in it. Fransisco I tried your suggestion with mesh, which i don't use a lot. I encountered problems but it must be me. So pardon me if i give my solution with polygon. Thanos What i do is select the side polygon and make an insert about the size i plan the chamfer, and then select the corner edges to make a chamfer. Or ultimately, if no insert, you'll have to go in and adjust every vertex by hand! Imho. Edit: inset, not insert Edited March 29, 2015 by marcellabbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanulee Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thank u Marcel! Ya i ll end up with some other solution i guess. I can also bevel profile the model but i thought i could solve this issue once and for all. I m not sure u might be right and always be happening to A and O and i never noticed. I ll try some more things and get back at ya. cheers mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morne Erasmus Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Do you want to chamfer in the poly edge mode? You can also just stick a chamfer modifier on there or use the new OpenSubDIV that was introduced in Extension1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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