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GMax "Connect" command

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Well many of you may know I am making scenery for EGBG.
I was going frot the "closed" hangars, windows and doors etc. I don't want to now since there are some hangars and wndows that are always open at EGBG. (apart from closing time, which hopefully I wish to animate this so they automatically close at a certain time and open and a certain time)

Anyway, moving on, I have the hangar I am making "open", only to find out there is no "Connect" button, like 3DSMAx, choose 2 edges, click connect, move the(m) edge(s) around.

I have looked on google for an explanation, on mentions "Collapse", this did no good, neither did "divide" "create".

So, can I actually add polys to an already modelled object without re-making the object with hundreds of polys just to get them in a certain position?

Thanks,

PS: Please look at my other new thread regarding pictures.
 
Edge mode, Divide, click on an edge to add a vertex.

Repeat for the other edge.

Still in Edge mode, Create, click on new vertices to create a new edge.

There are probably a dozen other ways to achieve the same goal...
 
n4gix said:
Edge mode, Divide, click on an edge to add a vertex.

Repeat for the other edge.

Still in Edge mode, Create, click on new vertices to create a new edge.

There are probably a dozen other ways to achieve the same goal...
Click to expand...

Brilliant, thank you very much, I will be notifying you near completion.

Many Thanks, sir.
Regards
 
One other technique you might wish to try:

Select the poly(s) that make up the front of the hanger, Detach to new object temporarily.

Select the (new) object

Edge mode, Slice Tool, Rotate the Slice Tool's box as required, position as needed

Click on "Slice" to create new edge(s)

When satisfied, Attach to original hanger object, weld common vertices.
 
Another method - get the Meshtools script for gmax, it's got the connect option, and some other Max goodies as well.
 
Just two examples of what Meshtools can do.

(1) Task: Refine selected polies such as part of a fuselage into three evenly-spaced segments. Solution: (a) Select the edges to be divided. (b) Meshtools-Divide_Selected_Edges_to_3. (c) Meshtools-Connect. Done in two clicks.

(2) Task: Select polies on the inner part of a turbine, say there are two segments @ 64 polies each. Always tricky because Gmax has a tendency to pick unintended outer polies with disastrous conseqs. Meshtools Solution: (a) Select the inner bulkhead poly. (b) Meshtools_Convert selection to vertex level. THat gets you 64 vertices selected. (c) Meshtools_convert selection to poly level. That gets you one segment done, 65 polies selected (one is the bulkhead). Repeat (b) and (c) one more time. Four clicks to get you 129 inner segments selected. Go ahead and map 'em.

Meshtools works in editable poly mode only. One good reason to make that your base mode.
 
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