# Inner extruding weird shapes \[3ds max\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 23, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433 "2003-07-23T02:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/1 "2003-07-23T02:26:55Z")
I was wondering how you would inner extrude weird shapes?! I know how to inner extrude squares and rectangles, but i want a unique shape to be extruded. I guess i can’t be using the object as an editable polygon for this. So what would i use instead??? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/2 "2003-07-23T02:32:36Z")
are you trying to extrude like a circle? i think thats boolean modeling…but i dont know it. sorry. try looking that up somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/3 "2003-07-23T02:37:27Z")
more like a sort of: ```auto ________ | | | ____ | |__| ``` that shape. I’ve tried the help files, couldn’t find much on it :-\ edit: hmm didn’t quite turn out how i wanted it to be. I’ll try again. Basically the image above (which isn’t showing up properly) with smooth curves. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/4 "2003-07-23T02:49:34Z")
lol what kind of shape is that 😛 yea i think u should just use boolean 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/5 "2003-07-23T02:52:57Z")
heh, its more in a shape of a wolf head if you put all the lines together, but as you can see, it didn’t quite turn out well 🙂 anyways, how do i use a boolean? the only boolean i know of is true or false :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/6 "2003-07-23T03:10:30Z")
select the object u wanna boolean and then go to compund objects in the create pannel… then click on boolean and press the button that says operland or something and select the object u wanan cut 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/7 "2003-07-23T03:50:02Z")
hmm, i tried selecting and nothing selects?! There are two operands. One is under ‘display’ and the other says ‘pick operand B’. Do i select both? I tried both, or 1 of each but its still not selecting :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/8 "2003-07-23T04:44:46Z")
hmmm its kidna hard to explain 😕 u should look up boolean in the help file! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/9 "2003-07-23T04:49:15Z")
i think boolean is kinda like the pathfinder in illustrator, right? it’s where you get a shape and cut it out of another shape? you just have to overlap the parts u want to be subtracted…maybe. i think the help file is your best option after all 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/10 "2003-07-23T05:28:55Z")
well i’ve read the help files, and it seems like it is what i want. But, how do i use it now is the question!? i don’t see where it tells you how to use it :-\ edit: actually i think the question is, how do i make operand B?! i have operand A (which is just a box) and so how would i make b!? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/11 "2003-07-23T05:30:55Z")
yeah, position the the object you want to cut-away from another and select boolean object from the compounds tab. Click on pick operand B and the target the object your subtracting from. There are 4 options in the boolean rollout and you’d want subtract a-b. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/12 "2003-07-23T05:36:21Z")
Thanks i understand that bit now, but how do i make the operand B? would i just use a line tool to draw the object?! And would i have to have that object the correct depth and everything? If so, how would i do it?! thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/13 "2003-07-23T05:47:28Z")
operand B would just be another object. You could make it a box, plane, sphere… basically any mesh object. Not sure if it works with Nurbs though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/14 "2003-07-23T05:50:11Z")
Hmm, ok. so how would i make operand B an object like the one i want?? What techniques could i use to draw it out?! thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/15 "2003-07-23T13:17:45Z")
anyone?! pleease! I was thinking of using the line tool and then ‘lathe’. But it makes it round, and thats the only way i know of so far for making a unique shape :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/16 "2003-07-23T13:19:23Z")
try this tutorial [http://www.the3dstudio.com/(2ql3ghakninjhpigexydar55)/tutorials.aspx?id\_tutorial=106](http://www.the3dstudio.com/(2ql3ghakninjhpigexydar55)/tutorials.aspx?id_tutorial=106) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/17 "2003-07-23T13:30:20Z")
Thanks for the link kei, but i think more of the problem at the moment is how to make that weird shape. Ok, so i’m trying to make a computer box (yes i’m trying to make a whole desktop :)), and you know the floppy drive, the shape of that. Cause usually those aren’t just a rectangle. So i was wondering what to use to make it (lines? or any other options?). thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/18 "2003-07-23T13:37:04Z")
ohh okay… i think the easiest way would be to draw that in 2d using the spline tool and extruding the shape then use boolean to cut that shape out of the box :-\ ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/19 "2003-07-23T13:38:06Z")
Ahh the spline tool, hmm that may work, after i figure out whats slowing my 3ds though :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/20 "2003-07-23T14:16:19Z")
blah, if oyu want a fast way, just make a texture for it in PS and do it that way,simple and fast. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433.md?page=2)