pentool
01-25-2006, 02:04 AM
Dear Max users,
Lemme introduce myself. I am Completely Stupid. I am reading about editable patches and trying to use the Bind feature to bind patch vertices to edges. I am also reading the reference along with 3dsmax 7 bible. It ain't matter what I do and how I do it, if I execute the steps outlined in the bible OR in the user guide it don't work.
Here's an image. I have 2 patches, a bigger one on the left and a smaller one on the right. As you can see, one of the corner vertices already WELDED, becuase the book says corner vertices must be welded first.
So I'm in vertex submode. The 2 patches are attached as 1 object. I select the vertex - which shows the green handles on the SS (screen shot). Then click "Bind" and I drag the line from the selected vertex to an edge of the bigger patch. Nothing. Nada. Zero. Zip. Null. Void.
This SS is just a moment in time. I've also tried to weld BOTH corner vertices. The one on the bottom (which is shown as already welded) and the top one (which currently doesn't welded - BUT THEY WERE BEFORE) and it still ain't bindig for me.
http://www.geocities.com/bocibocitarka/misc/patch.jpg
I can be really irritated when I read 2 source materials (max bible + user ref) and nothing what they describe works. Could someone please describe some short steps what the holy toledo do I need to do to make bind vertex to edge work?
Thank you!
PS: Don't mean to scare you, but I'm sure I will have a gazillion of basic stupid questions like this along my learning curve.
Lemme introduce myself. I am Completely Stupid. I am reading about editable patches and trying to use the Bind feature to bind patch vertices to edges. I am also reading the reference along with 3dsmax 7 bible. It ain't matter what I do and how I do it, if I execute the steps outlined in the bible OR in the user guide it don't work.
Here's an image. I have 2 patches, a bigger one on the left and a smaller one on the right. As you can see, one of the corner vertices already WELDED, becuase the book says corner vertices must be welded first.
So I'm in vertex submode. The 2 patches are attached as 1 object. I select the vertex - which shows the green handles on the SS (screen shot). Then click "Bind" and I drag the line from the selected vertex to an edge of the bigger patch. Nothing. Nada. Zero. Zip. Null. Void.
This SS is just a moment in time. I've also tried to weld BOTH corner vertices. The one on the bottom (which is shown as already welded) and the top one (which currently doesn't welded - BUT THEY WERE BEFORE) and it still ain't bindig for me.
http://www.geocities.com/bocibocitarka/misc/patch.jpg
I can be really irritated when I read 2 source materials (max bible + user ref) and nothing what they describe works. Could someone please describe some short steps what the holy toledo do I need to do to make bind vertex to edge work?
Thank you!
PS: Don't mean to scare you, but I'm sure I will have a gazillion of basic stupid questions like this along my learning curve.