INSIDE 3DS MAX® 7 [Electronic resources]

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  • Turn Edges

    The ability to turn edges is a function of Edit Mesh that was left out of Editable Poly in previous versions of 3ds maxbut it's in version 7. Now you can select an edge in Editable Poly and turn it in the other direction. This affects only invisible edges, which show as dotted lines instead of solid lines.

    Functionally, Turn Edges works the same in Editable Poly as it does in Edit Mesh. You turn edges by first clicking the Turn button, then clicking an invisible edge (the thin dotted line). This causes the invisible edge to be drawn diagonally from the opposite corners (Figure 2.10).

    Figure 2.10. The dotted line is the invisible edge; it has been turned.

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    If the invisible edges are in the opposite direction of a model's curvature, a distracting zigzag pattern will appear. This zigzag can also appear as spikiness in an area of the model that is expected to be a smooth and curvy deformation. This usually happens in areas of a model where the deformation goes against the natural contour of the edges (Figures 2.11 and 2.12).

    Figure 2.11. The vertices have been moved up and the spikiness is caused by the edges not following this contour. Two edges are turned in the direction of the curvature.

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    Figure 2.12. Same as in the last figure, except all the edges along this contour are turned with the contour. The model appears less spiky with this raised diagonal vertex selection.

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