[Maya] How to replicate this tehnique from 3ds Max (zero extrusion+straighten side edges,+weld verts

Orphydian

Can someone tell me the simplest and fastest way to replicate this technique used by Arimus 3d with 3ds max !  Ive tried with a custom (aligned) pivot, with normal direction scale tool etc to flatten scale both faces and edges but the selection doesnt stay in place and I have to manual tweak it in place.

it shows in both negative and positive direction at  0:45 and 2:30 respectively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBSIMN65bc

throttlekitty

That's a good trick, you can do it almost the same way in maya. Do the extrude, then r+lmb to set scale mode to Component. Snap the pivot to a vertex by holding D on the top or bottom of the ramp, and scale in. Works the same way to make a convex ramp.

Orphydian

I must be doing smth wrong the bottom edges dont keep in place

poopipe

It's cos your pivot isn't pointing the right way. 

You can set it to an edge or whatever using the various options 

Orphydian

Ive tried on Aligning it to both edges and vertex on both top and bottom of the ramp. The selection of faces doesnt stay place at the other end.  Just to double check can you guys take a capture of the scale tool settings panel !

SuperFranky

Select the faces, hit Extrude, switch to the transform tool, enter pivot mode (hold D or press Insert), just press on a vertex to align, switch to the scale tool, switch to the Component axis, scale down.