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Hjelm
09-23-2004, 04:26 AM
Heya! Just downloaded Wings 3D a coupla weeks ago and I love it! Here's a link to a screenie of my first model done in this program (besides the chair that I made to learn the software).

http://www.greendeep.com/images/elfdude.jpg

I have a slight problem with this guy that keeps me from painting him up pretty.

http://www.greendeep.com/images/ow-myear.jpg
http://www.greendeep.com/images/badface.jpg

These faces (one on each ear) are not connected wiith anything else on the model. I tried to figure out if there was a way to connect it up, but I couldn't find anything. Then I figured 'Heck, I'll just delete the faces and do that part over.' Hehe. Yeah. When I try to disolve 'em the entire model dissapears.

Crimeny.

Well since these faces are floating I get this 'A closed surface cannot be mapped' error. Actually, that error's how I found these faces in the first place.

Any help would be appreciated.

Toodles
Hjelm
J.K.Makowka
09-23-2004, 12:26 PM
Try moving the vertexes before disolving... if that doesn't work, select the entire mesh and do a rightclick -> "cleanup" and or "weld" and try it again.
Hjelm
09-23-2004, 02:05 PM
Well I had tried moving the verts and the cleanup before to no avail. I tried to do the weld thing too, but it just tells me there's nothing to weld. :/

With the cleanup thingy... is there anything I should be trying to enter into that dialogue box you can open up? Or maybe I should try to shrink the faces before cleanup?

--- nope tried it. Seems 'cleanup' won't clean it up. I'ma try importing it to Blender and see what I can't do there.
puzzledpaul
09-23-2004, 05:21 PM
Might help, dunno...

Select whole object
Object | Separate

Then open Geometry Graph to see if you've got multiple objects showing there -
If so, select and get rid of the junk

pp
Hjelm
09-23-2004, 08:10 PM
Crimeny... I've been racking my brain on this for hours and there's a simple solution like that.

It worked. Thanks Paul
puzzledpaul
09-23-2004, 08:55 PM
You're welcome - glad it worked :)

Have been in the same situation myself - one of the ways this sort of stuff happens (imo) is when you have stuff selected (without realising it) - and then use extract (for instance) - whoa.... - new floating face that you don't need...

pp

eyeballing top left info readout is useful as it'll (prob) give you some idea that you've got extra baggage somewhere - as is doing a (trial) smooth, especially after a big mod, as this tends to show anomolies quite well.
SevenString
09-23-2004, 11:53 PM
I thought that you were talking about this:

http://img.gamershell.com/imagefolio/gallery/FPS/Doom_2/Doom2l.jpg

:D
JDex
09-25-2004, 03:08 AM
I was think more like this...
SoheilsX
09-25-2004, 03:36 AM
have you tried connecting the vertexes (the points/dot thingies)?

Thats usually what does it fo rme.
AdmiralRa
09-25-2004, 03:50 AM
LMAO! Good one J and Seven! :scream:
SevenString
09-27-2004, 06:41 PM
<snort!>

That was teh funny, JDex.
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