Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, 2nd Edition

Step 2: Identify Key Vertices of the Boot

Go to Customize|Preferences, click on the Viewports tab, and

uncheck the Show Vertices as Dots box so the vertices are small

crosses, and hit OK.

Right-click on the boot, click

on Properties, and check the

Vertex Ticks box so the ver

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tices of the shape are visible

all the time.

Again, the mesh consists of

1,440 faces and 758 vertices.

This means the vertices

make up approximately 53%

of the faces in the shape.

Another way to think of it is

in a ratio. The faces-to-verti

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ces ratio of the boot is about

2-to-1. Thusly, to create a

200-face boot you want the

same 2-to-1 ratio when decid

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ing not only which vertices to

keep, ...