Help with this cut in Maya

Jigsaw3D

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2:30 - 2:40
Is there a fast way in maya to do this cut?
I know there is creating a curve and projecting it onto the surface, and the making it into to objects, deleting and filling the other half

But this method seems to slow
any ideas?

passerby

could just create the shape with a loft of 2 curves, cut it by hand with the interactive spilt tool.
or draw out a rectangle with the right length and select the edge loop you want to curve, and use a tool like my curvyEdges script
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131990

or use the bend deformer, or use the wire deformer

Bartalon

Sometimes if I need a precise slice through my mesh (usually along a nonplanar surface) I will build a curve, then use Edit Mesh > Project Curve on Mesh, then Split Mesh with Projected Curve. I can then trim away the parts I don't need and fill in the hole. There is a bit of cleanup involved but it's not used frequently enough to be an issue.

Jigsaw3D

Thanks for the replies
@Bartalon This was the way i tried with, works fine just take up more time

@Passerby I will give this a try also