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Essential 3ds max 2008
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Essential 3ds max 2008

by Sean McBride
March 2008
Beginner content levelBeginner
445 pages
15h 43m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Creating the Spline Cage
Let’s use the Spline tool to create a spline cage in the Per-
spective viewport. I don’t want to make anything specific right
now; I just want to show you two different ways to create the
cage.
Start off by creating a generic shape in your Front
viewport. Try not to make it too complicated. Let’s use only
four or five vertices. The more you create, the longer it will
take to create the cage, so don’t go too crazy. Also, you don’t
have to do it all in one spline. You can make multiple lines as
long as your vertex count matches up with the lines and it
resembles the surface of a model.
The next thing I want to do is adjust the handles. ...
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ISBN: 9781598220506