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Greetings,

I'm trying to create a "seadrome" platform using FSDS 3.51. I used a vertical tube and then edited the points to get the desired shape. In wireframe mode everything looks great, and in some angles it looks right on the perspective view, but flip it over, and this weird plane gets added in. Any ideas?

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FSDS (and I guess other modelling programs also)does not like "kinked" polygons.

I suggest that you delete that top polygon and redo the "top" into three polygons - two "end" rectangular platforms and the central octagonal platform.
 
so in general i should create objects using combos of the different shapes w/o moving the points around? it seems a bit strange, because all the highly detailed models must involve lots of fine tuning points and what not...i figured this is a fairly simple shape.

anyway, one other question...i'm also trying to build a sloped hangar roof. once again i used the tube shape to do it, with both ends closed. but every time i do it, when it starts out both ends are close, but by the time i'm done editing, one end is open. same when i try to fashion a fuselage, once i've started shaping one end is always open.
 
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#1 - for your platform, it's just that "top" polygon that needs to be split.

#2 - Typically, I always use open-ended tubes for my fuselages and objects, and I'll "close" the ends either by welding (oops - "joining") the points at the end or creating the endcap (er - END) polygons manually.




(NOte to Arno: Please forgive the lapses into gmaxSpeak :) )
 
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