FSXA Polygon creation

[euroastar350]

Hi guys,

I am having trouble creating polygons for already built parts, hopefully I can solve the issue. As seen in the shot, I want to create polys to fill those rectangles, but as soon as I do that, it doesn't come out exactly as planned. I've tried creating polys from vertex, bridge and cap with and without UVW mapping applied with the same results. Any ideas on how to fix this issue? I am using Max 9

 

[hairyspin]

A pic of the undesired result would help, but I think one problem might be the curved geometry of the holes. Are you creating new edges once a Cap operation has been done? Max doesn't know what the shape looks like and I've often had to create edges within a capped area to avoid stoopid triangulation and apparent smoothing and mapping errors. They went away after creating the edges.

 

[Zeiten]

Just capping a open square when the hole is not planar is never going to look good...

At least connect your verts shown in the picture below.

 

[johnman]

Hello eurostar,
I would make sure that the hole You want to cover is clean - ie - no double vert's - no poly's on top of polys - then if it does not bridge clean - start by extruding an edge - and then target weld the vertices to the opposite vertices - if that doesn't work - try converting the area to an edible mesh - do your operation - then convert back to an edible poly -always check to make sure that You are Not selecting polys, verts, or edges - some place else in the model - before You activate an Operation - I have always found that if the max is not doing what I want it to - I'm mess'in up somehow !!

Good Luck and let us know how You make out !!

Johnman

 

[euroastar350]

I will keep trying to see what I can come up with or I'll just end up rebuilding the parts from scratch.

 

[euroastar350]

Well I managed to fix the issue. I used the create polygon method, but did segments instead of doing one entire poly. And it blended well with the current UVW mapping Thanks for the help guys.

 

[lionheart]

I find that 'skin' on a Polygon acts like 'fabric'. I found that 'Edes' act like ribbing or ribs that give the fabric better shape. If you delete alot of the lines in a Polygon, or create a giant polygon with no lines in it, its like fabric, roundy and floppy looking. If you then go into Create / Edges and add the necessary Edges (lines) into the Polygon(s), then they will take shape like the rest of the structure, then do a smoothing to the structure and it blends in nicely.

Note you can also change and enhance your ribbing (Edges) inside of Polygons easily; either retriangulate, or just use 'Remove' and then add (Create) more Edges in the directions you want and it will look nicer.



Bill