Basic modelling issue; extremely annoying

maffooo · Post by **maffooo** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:30 pm

Hi all.

heres the issue: say i have a cube and i select 2 corner vertices on the same line and move it towards the body of itself, as soon as i move them both past the point of creating a triangle, flat surfaces stay top or bottom or both of the mesh from the triangle position. whats goin on with it?

z3r0_d · Post by **z3r0_d** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:02 am

what?

can you perhaps describe using pictures?

maffooo · Post by **maffooo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:45 am

sure, heres what a basic cube does when i move the 2 vertices into itself.

89ers · Post by **89ers** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:37 pm

maffooo wrote:sure, heres what a basic cube does when i move the 2 vertices into itself.

And what did you expect it would do ?

I can try in another software (i.e. LightWave), but i'm pretty sure i'll have the same behavior...

Regards,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

t3d · Post by **t3d** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:55 am

This is how it looks in blender compared to silo.

Blender

Silo

(this should belong to 'Interface & Tools' section, right?)

regards
/t3d

roofoo · Post by **roofoo** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:59 am

You can't have concave quad faces in blender, meaning a "c" shape. you'll have to make the top and bottom faces into triangles. (select face & press ctrl-T)

Like this:

IanCalvert · Post by **IanCalvert** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:22 pm

It depends on which vertices you move.

If you move two and they do what you see, move two that are adjacent to it.

ou can't have concave quad faces in blender, meaning a "c" shape. you'll have to make the top and bottom faces into triangles. (select face & press ctrl-T)

You can, it just depends on what you move:

roofoo · Post by **roofoo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:28 am

It depends on which vertices you move.

If you move two and they do what you see, move two that are adjacent to it.

Ahhh, that's interesting, I did not know that. You learn something new everyday.... Thanks!