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lowkey

08-27-2002, 04:20 PM

hi all,

this is my first ever attempt of modelling something nice, so don't be too harsh with the criticism ... ;)

my problem :

how to avoid getting those ugly hard egdes like to be seen in the above test render ?!

will i have to merge vertices of the extruded polys or what ?!

swag

08-27-2002, 04:26 PM

merge vertices is a solution but if u extrude ure face connect them in the channel box under "keep faces tog"

lowkey

08-27-2002, 04:37 PM

uhh, thanks my friend ... i didn't notice that option ! :thumbsup:

beenyweenies

08-27-2002, 07:05 PM

You may not have enough geometry to round out that edge. Short of changing that, with polygons you can try to soften the normals (geometry menu, polygons, soften normals, soften all).

lowkey

08-27-2002, 07:26 PM

thanks, but swag's advice already helped a lot ! anyway, i'll check out your recommendation later on ... :)

iC4

08-27-2002, 07:41 PM

hm, not sure but I think if you use the channel box for keep faces together you have to apply that every time you extrude

you can also use polygons/tool options/keep faces together, now they always stay together until you change this

lowkey

08-27-2002, 08:08 PM

yeeeh, that definitely much more comfortable ... :beer:

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