What's the best way to bevel a concave edge?

DireWolf

For this particular case, I need the upper left to retain its roundness.


I try to end my bevel like this but it is producing really weird result when smoothed.

Joost

Try using support loops instead of a chamfer. Not the greatest topology but only took like 30 seconds and looks good enough imo.






And if you ever want a chamfer there you just need to have some (equidistant) support loops around it. Same reason you should add double support loops but more extreme.

DireWolf

Joost thank you for your demonstration. The concave edge works really well. How would you deal with the edge that carries over to the other side that's breaking the roundness? Would you try to end them somewhere along the way not letting them reach the other side?

seb3d

keep it simple;)

Joost

Is this the shape you're trying to create? topology is a bit cleaner thanks to seb's suggestion. Also I found that I needed more segments in the curve to keep everything equidistant and maintain the curve.



max file here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2333222/thing.max

DireWolf

Thank you Joost. Here's what I got. Some strange artifact at the center, thinking I should get rid of the sphere cap and replace with quads.

EarthQuake

Your edges are way super hard there, unless this object is meant to be like 100m wide.