Maya - Quadraw - Loop issue

gestoryscht

Hi guys,
I have a strange problem with retopology with the quaddraw tool.
Everything works fine, until I want to place a loop in "complex" topology structure.




I am new to maya, and I think this could be the way maya handles ngons. Maybe I created a pair of it by mistake. So i removed the double vertices and still the same problem. I tried other 3d packages and there it works fine.

What could be the problem here?

EDIT: The multi-cut tool produce the same error.

EDIT2: The same loop in Blender.

huffer

Could it be you still have some ngons there? It's possible the double vertices might not have been welded - one global fix is to select all vertices - detach components (this splits them) - then weld all of them.

gestoryscht

I checked it with a blender plugin, and they are no ngons at all. Just quads. 

But maybe... Could it be the exporter welds the points? I will give your method a try. 

throttlekitty

It's an annoying quirk for sure. The multi cut and quad draw loop mode behave the same, and sometimes try to loop "inverted" to where you're actually hovering over. Generally it wants to create a closed loop whenever there's a crossroad as seen on your ear. One workaround is to prematurely stop the loop by creating an edge or vertex near or on the cross, make the loop, then manually connect at the stop.

coccosoids

*log it as a bug if it is not normal behavior.

gestoryscht

thanks for the fast reply. i tested it. there is no ngon at all and throttlekitty shows us how ngons work in maya - like in any other 3d package.
well, its a bug

the workaround works of course, but like told before - its very annoying.

thanks guys!