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virtual.reality

03-23-2003, 09:46 AM

I new in Maya. I tryed to modell this head. I used draw poly, extrude, than I made an instance. I modelled the head. When I would like to smooth the head, I get this result, a canyom in the middle of the head :(

I tryed merge vertex and merge multiple edges commands, no success!

Any idea?

X-Tender

03-23-2003, 10:10 AM

hmm the reason could be that you forgot it to combine .. or merge vertices .. (but you did it you said) ... hmm ..

McDonut

03-23-2003, 04:15 PM

Hi,

you say you made an instance, does that mean you got half the head modeled and a dupl. as instance when you smooth it?
If so, thats your problem, if not, try following anyway ;) :

make sure you got only one side of the head, with the middle vertices and its pivot point aligned to the y axis. Then go to Polygon -> Mirror Geometry with the 'Merge with Original' option to get the full head. Try smoothing again.

Hope this helps,

- alex

virtual.reality

03-23-2003, 04:22 PM

I modelled the head again. I deleted the instance and mirrored the original half of the head. Same result.... I used the base techniques from Hobbit Guy tutorials :(

:D

virtual.reality

03-23-2003, 04:28 PM

THX for help! Success! I found the solution. I you draw polygon and you extrude this, you have to delete the original "base" drawn face later, and it will solve the problem!

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