how would i make this shape? pic

n88tr

Was thinking of making a 5-sided plane and then rotating them and merging verts but that would get messy.

Ideas?

Thanks

Zipfinator

What app are you using? I think in Max there's a primitive that does something like this. If there isn't then I might try what you said with angling and snapping verts on 5 sided planes. I'm not sure what the angle you'd have to rotate it would be though.

Kbrom12

I'm a max user and I would make that shape by simply creating a hedra and adjusting the parameters, shapes like these are built right in max. Then I would adjust the shape by using FFD Modifiers or lattice I believe it is for maya user's.

example image from google of one hedra - http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials_old/modeling/ball/2.jpg

MadnessImport

Its Maya

And that looks like a Dodecahedron

elementrix

If you are working in maya (which it looks like) go under Create - polygon Primitives - Platonic Solids option box and choose Dodecahedron.

No need to snap vertices=)

Joopson

It's a primitive in Maya, for sure. Icosahedron, or something of the sort.

[edit] too slow.

n88tr

yeah works ok but i wanted to turn it into a sub-d object and it doesn't seem to want to work

MadnessImport

Are you converting it through the Modify > Convert > Polys to Subd Menu?

I tried it and it works for me

I smoothed it before hand and it wont let me convert after my division levels are 4+

n88tr

i forgot about divisions they're probably the ticket
was just screwing around with them, seeing how the make the shape etc future ref