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fig
02-19-2003, 07:51 PM
i'm working thru wiro's subdiv tutorial and am trying to add a narrow row of edges around my model's nose as described at the bottom of the page here (http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/modelling/head5.html). i've done this by connecting the series of edges and then moving the points upward along y and them moving along x and z to place them correctly. this is kind of an awkward way of doing it tho and isn't too consistent, is there a way to add a detail edge near the edge its intended for rather than having it connect between the two verticies? or any easier way of accomplishing this in general? thanks.

chris
SheepFactory
02-19-2003, 09:29 PM
Clacos's slide plugin does exactly what you need. But unfortunately we wont be able to use it until wings hits version 1. :(

As a workaround , you can select and bevel those edges , than clean it up.
fig
02-20-2003, 04:07 AM
well, its good to know its at least something that someone else thought of too :D thanks for the tip, i'll see what i can do for now and anxiously await the updates...

chris
S3D
02-20-2003, 04:21 AM
I don't know exactly what you are looking for here but rather than use the bevel tool and create a whole hoard of little faces along with the new face your looking for you might try extrude slightly, then rescale the face down, agin if required etc... :)
SheepFactory
02-20-2003, 04:46 AM
i meant bevel edge , not bevel face.

bevel edge is very good for adding local detail. If you do a edge loop it creates the same faces anyway.
fig
02-20-2003, 05:13 AM
cool, thanks guys.

s3d, that will help for some of what i'm doing, but in this particular case i'm talking about adding detail on just one edge of a poly so the extrude thing wouldn't quite work. that will work for other things i've been doing tho, i'll definitely give it a shot, thanks.

thanks for the clarification sheep factory, the bevel edge may be exactly what i need, i'll try it out. thanks :)

chris
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