Maya extrude along curve- Uneven poly distribution

beartraps

Im creating a piece of lace tied to a gun and im using Maya. I made a curve and then extruded a cylinder around it, but the problem is that im getting very uneven poly distribution along the curve. I have to push the extruded polys to like 50,000 just to get enough detail to make the knot in the lace. This photo may be a better example:



Is there a better way to do this? Or am I doing something wrong to get such results?

jocose

You could try using a NURBs surface and then converting it, that might yield better results. I'm not sure why your having the problem you are there though.

East

Don't have Maya in front of me right now so I couldn't tell you exactly how, but you probably need to normalize the curve first, to space the curve points more evenly, before you create the polygons.

Should be a menu option for that..

rebb

You could try playing around with the "Edit Curves -> Rebuild Curve" Menu, but as jocose mentioned, doing it with a Nurbs-Circle extruded along the curve probably gives you more control over this.

mLink

The edge distribution is directly related to how many CVs are on that part of the curve. Try rebuilding the curve to get a more even spacing between them.

kodde

As others have already said, rebuilding curve is the way to go imo. I've tackled the same problem you are mentioning, and solved it with rebuild curve.

beartraps

Thanks a bunch everyone, rebuild curve option fixed it