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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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Sub-objects
Sub-objects are what you actually use to edit an object.
Sub-objects, simply put, are just vertices, edges, and poly-
gons. Max gives you a couple more options such as borders,
which are made up of open edges, and elements, a collection
of faces that aren’t attached in any way.
Remember when we talked about grouping objects in
Chapter 2? Think of an object as a collection of sub-objects,
much like a group is a collection of objects. So you can have
multiple spheres in one Edit Poly object. But instead of
spheres, they are just a collection of polygons that make up a
sphere within one “object.”
Let’s all start on the same page. First of all, ...
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ISBN: 9781598220506