roadRUNN3R
11-13-2008, 12:42 PM
Hi guys,
I'm just starting with box modeling :) I've chosen a car as my first project (Nissan S15 Silvia to be exact). I've made some planes and set them up with the car blueprints and made a box with about six segments to start. I'm also using the Symmetry modifier so I only have to work on one side.
So I move the first vertices into place from the premade segments and now I need more vertices to start adding detail. I read some tutorials on box modeling and usually they just stated to use the cut modifier to add vertices to edges. Well, eventually I found out that I have to use the Slice Plane tool in the Edit Poly modifier. My question is: do I always need to resize and rotate the slice plane into position everytime I need some more vertices, or is there a simpler way of adding vertices/cutting edges?
For example... when I use Adobe Illustrator, I just need to use a command called Add Anchor Points to add an additional point between two anchor points that create a line. If the slice plane tool is the only option than np, I know Max isn't Illustrator :) I just wanted to ask if there was an easier way to add vertices without having to do a lot of clicking :)
Edit: meh, messed up the thread title, soz :D
I'm just starting with box modeling :) I've chosen a car as my first project (Nissan S15 Silvia to be exact). I've made some planes and set them up with the car blueprints and made a box with about six segments to start. I'm also using the Symmetry modifier so I only have to work on one side.
So I move the first vertices into place from the premade segments and now I need more vertices to start adding detail. I read some tutorials on box modeling and usually they just stated to use the cut modifier to add vertices to edges. Well, eventually I found out that I have to use the Slice Plane tool in the Edit Poly modifier. My question is: do I always need to resize and rotate the slice plane into position everytime I need some more vertices, or is there a simpler way of adding vertices/cutting edges?
For example... when I use Adobe Illustrator, I just need to use a command called Add Anchor Points to add an additional point between two anchor points that create a line. If the slice plane tool is the only option than np, I know Max isn't Illustrator :) I just wanted to ask if there was an easier way to add vertices without having to do a lot of clicking :)
Edit: meh, messed up the thread title, soz :D