Shapes with geometry

[Daf]

Hey!

 

I need a star shape - 5 point - I create the star as a spline and extrude. So far so good. But I need a lot of verts and edges for detailing (dents, dings, damage) on the face of the star. How would you suggest creating a high poly count star?

 

Thanks!

[Jose Negrete]

tesselate the polygons once its a solid? + http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/quad-cap

[cg_Butler]

Here's a very simple way. Arguably not the best, but should do a job!

 

1. Draw your star spline.

2. Extrude your star by whatever amount you require.

3. Add a quadify mesh and set it to a low number. Something like 1%.

4. Add a turbo smooth.

5. then it's up to you how you do the dents, dings and damage! Displacement, noise modifier etc etc.

 

Example Maxfile. (2013)

 

Star.max

[Jose Negrete]

nice!

 

faster method

 

*also, didnt realize quad cap is not free. :-\

Edited July 1, 2013 by acad-gatsu

[Daf]

Thank you Andy and Jose! I guess I should have mentioned that I'm using Max 2009 - I don't see quadify mesh in my list of modifiers, maybe it was added in a later version?

 

Thanks again!

[Jose Negrete]

in that case. try to tesselate the sides then use inset on the top and bottom faces to get quads at least along the perimeter at the top.

[Daf]

Thanks!