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Creativity => Game Design & Demos => Topic started by: duckseatfree on April 11, 2010, 04:17:37 pm
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I am slowly learning how to work with Maya came up on a bit of a snag...I can't extrude a poygon's face....here is what I do:
1. In the side view, select Mesh > Create Polygon Tool
2. Place the points (6) counter-clock wise to close the plygon
3. Press the q key to quit the Create Polygon Tool when the polygon face is complete.
-The new polygon component remains selected in Object Mode.
To convert the object selection to face selection
1. With the face still active in Object Mode, choose Select > Convert Selection > To Faces.
The selection is converted to a face selection.
To extrude the polygon face for the lower front region
1. Enlarge the scene view to a single perspective view.
2. With the polygon face still selected, choose Edit Mesh > Extrude.
The extrude manipulator appears on the selected face.
*This is where my problem occurs....the extrude manipulator doesn't applear...any ideas?
**What I think is happening is that its not converting to a face?
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See if this was in lightwave, all you would have to do is click on the polygon with polygon mode and then use the extrude tool.
EDIT: i even whent through the trouble of making a tut with pictures to show you just how much easier it is to extrude in lightwave, but i can't use pubaccess to no pics and not tut