3D Max Cut Tool Problem

D4N005H

Hello again, I tried to cut a polygon with "Cut" tool (in the right click menu or in the edit poly menu in the Modify stack) but a weird problem occurred, You can notice the problem in the image below:


The cut tool starts cutting from one of the near vertexes.

However, "Quick Slice" tool is working great. But I need "Cut tool" to be working properly,too.

Note: Snap tool (as you can see in the image) is off.

pixelquaternion

Hi there,

Try working in orthographic view since the cut tool is more reliable than the perspective view.

D4N005H

Thanks for your reply but I am working in orthographic view (as you can notice in the image, the viewport that I was working with ,shows

and not [Perspective].)

pixelquaternion

The cut tool is very finicky with certain angles and also you can use the graphite tool that is more predictable.

Regards Peter

D4N005H

Would you explain more about "graphite tool"? Already Google searched and found out that it's actually a group of tools but I don't know which one is same as the "cut tool" one.

EDIT: I found where the "cut" button is, tried it and the result is unfortunately same as the last scenario.

D4N005H

I've merged the scene in a new scene and problem solved. An old trick but worked like a charm.

Revel

When using cut tool, the mouse pointer will change depending on which sub object are you hovering over (whether vert/ edge/ face), so make sure the mouse pointer is edge before you click to start cut.

Joost

I think this is a bug with units in max. Sometimes it thinks what you're working on is very small and as a result the snap distances are too big. Another solution would be to create an instance of your object and work on that, though if merging into a new scene fixed it completely then that's great.
Also yeah orthographic view is much more reliable.

D4N005H

Revel wrote: »

When using cut tool, the mouse pointer will change depending on which sub object are you hovering over (whether vert/ edge/ face), so make sure the mouse pointer is edge before you click to start cut.

Thanks for the remind, I always am careful about that.

Joost wrote: »

I think this is a bug with units in max. Sometimes it thinks what you're working on is very small and as a result the snap distances are too big. Another solution would be to create an instance of your object and work on that, though if merging into a new scene fixed it completely then that's great.
Also yeah orthographic view is much more reliable.

Yup! I manipulated the system and file units in 3DS Max and changed them to CM, MM and swapped between those units several times. Maybe that caused the problem.

pixelquaternion

Hi D4,

It is call Pconnect and it work similar to the cut tool but i found it more reliable just give it a try and look at the various shortcuts for it.

Regards Peter

D4N005H

Pconnect? okay. thanks for the info.

Thanks all.
later.