3DS MAX 2018: Create a loop a constant distance from another loop
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Is there a way to create a loop that's a constant distance, say 3cm, from another loop?
Typically when I've tried to do this, things are either:
1. Treated as a percentage (halfway between two loops), which makes the distance inconsistent if the distance between two existing loops changes at all.
2. Limited by a loop that's closer than the intended distance. If I want a loop to be 3cm from loop A, but there's another loop at 1cm, then the furthest I can go is 1cm.
Words are hard, so here's a picture! The red line is the existing loop, and the black line is the hoped-for loop.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Typically when I've tried to do this, things are either:
1. Treated as a percentage (halfway between two loops), which makes the distance inconsistent if the distance between two existing loops changes at all.
2. Limited by a loop that's closer than the intended distance. If I want a loop to be 3cm from loop A, but there's another loop at 1cm, then the furthest I can go is 1cm.
Words are hard, so here's a picture! The red line is the existing loop, and the black line is the hoped-for loop.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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These software packages aren't really designed to do this type of thing so easily
Why do you need to insert an edge loop precisely 3cm away from that one?
In my specific case I'm working on furniture and need stitches/seams all along certain edges. 3cm was just an example number but it's not too far off from what I need.
I appreciate you being a voice of reason but I don't believe I'm overthinking it. This is for a product where my client's objective is to sell high-end seating based on what people can see in VR. This isn't a background detail—the seats are the hero piece, and people will be looking extremely close at these types of details.
Unless someone else has a better idea I honestly do think you might have to just measure it around.