Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, 2nd Edition

Step 5: Loft the Tubing for the Left Arm

For the tubing that goes from the forearm to up under the geometry

you just tweaked, select one of the splines that make up the

Arm Guide and detach it.

FYI: WHY DETACHING SPLINES IS LOW I have a pet

peeve with max in that whenever you want to detach a spline

you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the

sub-menu to do it. What would have been wrong with putting

it somewhere useful, like an inch down? Sheesh.

The reason you detached this spline was so

you could use it as a “path” to loft another

shape along. To introduce you to the Outline

tool under the Spline sub-object

menu, you’re going to use it to ...