Maya & Bevel

[Lyr]

The bevel operation seems to work fine for me. What do you mean correctly?

[Jukkat]

The bevel behaves strange, and if u have an complex mesh it can realy mess things up.


look here, an good example

http://www.highend3d.com/boards/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=mayamodeling&Number=96974&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=

[DavidALam]

ya i agree, bevel is crap, i've always either manually modeled it, or used a smooth operation and had high geometry. 1 of the many things AW needs to fix.

-Dave

[Grooveholmes]

Check out the new BevelPlus plugin on the AW site

[DimitrisLiatsos]

I agree with Grooveholmes...check out bevel plus.
But i must say that i don't agree about Maya's bevel in saying that it is meshy!!! I think u just have to work with it "As an Action" and not "As a Tool", also be carefull ...give small input because the changes are dramatic...


PS : I also went to Maya after 4 years in MAX ...believe me i know what u are up against, but its worth it!


cheers

[Jukkat]

Thanks !

DimitrisLiatsos : I also went to Maya after 4 years in MAX ...believe me i know what u are up against, but its worth it!

hehehe i know, i like Maya ! i have worked whit maya for 2 years now. I couldent never go back to Max.

[Grooveholmes]

Yeh, i've made this transition too. Maya is brilliant compared to max.. :annoyed: Some of these kids are starting to make me nervous with Brazil though. I'm tellin you, we need a viable (affordable) solution for that on this side. I do miss the way max handled texture cordinates. Oh how i miss the days of simply clicking the UVW modifier button. Whoever conceived the system for applying textures in maya was smokin big fat rocks of crack.:eek:

[Jukkat]

:)))

[bibi5000]

lol

big hand for Grooveholmes: nearly threw the monitor out of the window after trying to texture in maya the way you could do it in max. :applause:

[asche]

I fear that the Bevel Plus plugin from AWs site is something different ... its for beveling nurbs curves/surfaces

I am really dissappointed by the poly bevel tool, too ... it would be a very handy tool if it wouldnt mess up the geometry so much.

But about texturing : i like mayas texturing much more than the one of max ... the uv layout is great :)

greets
asche

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