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Dmaxer
10-10-2004, 02:26 PM
I used the shapemerge tool to cut out the holes and then added the parts inside the port sockets and welded all the verts ,
do I have to keep all faces to 4 sides ? .
as you can see the mesh is a bit of a mess ,
I have been tryin to clean it up smooth the surface out , but seem to be getting nowhere fast ,
whats the secret to a clean mesh once you cut out or shapemerged a spline as I have done here ?
is there a better way of doin what Im doin here ?

can anyone help me out here . please :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dannymax/xbox3.jpg

wire shot ;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dannymax/xbox3b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dannymax/xbox.jpg

cant seem to link to pics ???
gjpetch
10-11-2004, 12:48 AM
A boolean set to cut works a little bit better than shape merge, but still needs some cleanup.
Dmaxer
10-11-2004, 01:05 AM
ok Thanks I will try that :)
ToddD
10-11-2004, 03:28 AM
Try using a mesh with more polys to start. Shape merge works well, but you are breaking up 1 big poly instead of a bunch, that is what is causing the errors IMO.
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