…cover Callisto is no longer topless! It took about half an hour to
make it and it works because of the Push modifier. Naturally if this
were for in-game use, the Push modifier wouldn’t be necessary and
the two objects would be merged and optimized like we did earlier
in Part II for the real-time Callisto.
Using Slice Plane
Another useful tool that’s always been in max is Slice Plane. It’s a
quick and easy way to create a line in your geometry based on a
plane in XYZ space. I used this tool to create cover Callisto’s pants
line. First I selected the object, then made the edge sub-object
active, and hit the Slice Plane button (a). (See the figure on the ...
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