# 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:** 2
**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, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/21 "2003-07-23T14:43:29Z")
cant you use a bump map? BUt yes a 2d spline is the way I would go ---
**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 24, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/22 "2003-07-24T03:17:56Z")
Ok i am now editing my spline, but the problem is i want to attach two vertices (i deleted a vertex point in between them so now theres a gap). How woul i do this? I see theres an ‘attach’ button, but i don’t know how to use 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 24, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/23 "2003-07-24T04:28:26Z")
if u want to join two vertices i would turn on the 3d snap (make sure it snaps to the vertices) and then move the 2 vertices so the are overlapping seamlessly… then click on attach button and make the two lines become one. then select the two vertices that are overlapping and weld them together 😉 ---
**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 24, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/24 "2003-07-24T04:38:40Z")
ah again thank you kei 🙂 any more quesitons i’ll be back 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/25 "2003-07-24T04:48:56Z")
you may also have to weld them…zoom in close to see if the points are actually attached. ---
**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 24, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/26 "2003-07-24T05:51:52Z")
Ok now heres another problem, i think its actually a pretty big problem but not sure :-\ anyways below is what i have drawn, and what i want to draw. Just wondering how i would get that slope at the semi-circle. 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 24, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/27 "2003-07-24T05:52:53Z")
and i want it to be like this one 🙂 btw, how do you post 2 images at the same time so they don’t havta click on the link to see the image?!! ---
**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 24, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/28 "2003-07-24T06:21:16Z")
hmm im not sure… 😕 maybe taper modifier? u could probably move the gizmo around until u get the right slope ---
**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 24, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/29 "2003-07-24T10:17:17Z")
Ok, so i had a crack at it using an initial spline object which I extruded then copied the object and scaled it down. I then positoned the second object inside the first (I thickened it a bit so that it was sticking out a little on both sides of the initial object) then created a compound object - boolean - Operand A = object 1 and Operand B = scaled down copy of object 1 and used Subtract (A-B). That gave me the hole i needed. Then I collapsed them. After that on a sub object level I cut my object (basically in half all the way around inside and outside) then moved my vertexes around a bit and added a meshsmooth with 0 iterations. Conclusion - I would have preferred box modelling… unfortunately i don’t have the time but I’ll post the result and if u want to try it this way u have to tweak the vertexes more than I did and maybe u can get it looking better - I don’t have the time right now. Hope that helps. ---
**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 24, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/30 "2003-07-24T10:20:18Z")
Wow yea that is really nice, but i was thinking of something so i could do a boolean thing with a big rectangle (because this whole thing is suppose to be a computer box, and the thing im trying to draw now is the floppy slot). How would you totally model the whole thing? I think that may give a more realistic result, but take more time. 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 24, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/31 "2003-07-24T10:25:51Z")
I just knew u were gonna say that :crazy: :beam: … should have gone with my gut instinct and done it like I wanted to initially - in the rectangle… if u have some patience I’ll try post something by this evening even if it is a little rough… D :beam: ---
**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 24, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/32 "2003-07-24T10:32:32Z")
:beam: thank you very much, i’ll be waiting 😛 ---
**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 24, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/33 "2003-07-24T12:05:06Z")
1. Create a box - I used a box with length and width segs = 20 2. Convert to editable poly 3. In polygon mode use the cut tool to create the shape (u can see this in the attached file) 4. Select **only** the polygons of the newly created shape - extrude this selection in the negative i.e. -10 5. Delete the selected faces after u have extruded (it leaves the hole) 6. Position your vertices similar to mine. 7. Part 2 coming up… ---
**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 24, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/34 "2003-07-24T12:11:07Z")
1. Select the same vertices u saw in the previous pic 2. Open the Edit Geometry rollout (while still in vertex mode) and click the little square next to tessellate… Type = Edge; Tension = 5 (The attached pic shows what is should look like after u tessellate). 3. From the Modifier drop down list select MeshSmooth… I used Iterations = 1 but u can go higher if u like (depends how curvy u want it). ---
**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 24, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/35 "2003-07-24T12:13:35Z")
Here is the result. Basically u can do the rest of the unit in a similar fashion - cut the shapes u need and extrude, bevel, tweak vertices etc… D :beam: ---
**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 24, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/36 "2003-07-24T13:23:53Z")
Sorry, my mistake - I should have been more specific - the grey area is actually empty - it’s the result of step 5 … You have to draw the outer line - check the attachement… The inner line is after extrusion and positioning vertices. ---
**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 24, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/37 "2003-07-24T13:28:09Z")
oo i see, i jsut deleted my other post (didn’t know you replied :)) I’ll try that now thanks again! ---
**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 24, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/38 "2003-07-24T13:33:21Z")
No problem… D :beam: ---
**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 24, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/39 "2003-07-24T13:34:43Z")
ok another question, hope i’m not botherin you 🙂 Is it possible to edit the ‘cut’ shape? cause i made a little mistake, and don’t wanna re-do it all…or does it not really matter that much? ---
**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 24, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433/40 "2003-07-24T13:38:47Z")
It does kinda matter but u can edit it either by hitting Ctrl Z (the old faithful Undo) or by switching to vertex mode and moving the vertices until u get the desired effect… And no u are not bothering me :beam: just glad I can help… D :beam: [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inner-extruding-weird-shapes-3ds-max/26433.md?page=3)