Adding detail to edges of objects?

[JohnnyRandom]

You can in editable poly> select polygon> selects the polies you wish to add "detail" to and tesselate.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1966/edgedetail5sx.png

That what you are looking for?

[Bao2]

In Editable poly, poly subobject, select the faces and use Inset.

[C2v]

Thanks! Im not used with poly only mesh. Tessellate seems to be a nice way to add detail if you already have cuts in the corner, otherwise it will just add cuts in the center of the object. And inset seems to almost do the jobb right but adds 4 cuts/lines that is unnecessary to me. It makes the object round instead, which is not what i want.

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/694/27ks.png
Box converted to poly and used inset and then meshsmooth, adds detail to corners but not what i want.

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/5998/16lg.png
Box converted to mesh and used Slice Plane and meshsmooth. This is what i want but just with a push of a button, just like inset but instead of the four lines that will make the object round when smooth.

[PizzasRgooD]

Tesselate the entire box then scale the inner lines.

[EricChadwick]

Here's a quick way.
http://www.3dzealot.com/CGTalk_Gifs/Cutting_Square_Holes.gif

[JohnnyRandom]

nice ani Eric:D good technique...

[Bao2]

Box converted to poly and used inset and then meshsmooth, adds detail to corners but not what i want.


You can graduate the intensity of the meshsmooth so it works not rounded.
But I prefer turbosmooth working on a poly worked with inset like said and
crease to straight the edges you want (crese=1.0 on them)

[seedo]

u can also chamfer just the edgs

[watteville]

try polyboost. just good for this kind of job. theres a demo @polyboost. im using it a lot -

[Rivendale]

Hey C2v, yes there is a tool in PolyBoost with wich you can place loops and also slide them.
http://www.polyboost.com/Images/Gifs/swiftinsert.gif

www.polyboost.com (http://www.polyboost.com)

cheers,
CML

[EricChadwick]

nice ani Eric:D good technique...
Not mine (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=40373&page=40&pp=15#post615886), but thanks!

u can also chamfer just the edgs
Unfortunately if you do that the corners are chamfered as well, doesn't subdivide well. Try it!


Yeah polyboost is amazing.

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