Maya inset?

j_bradford

Does anyone know of a good inset script for Maya? The offset in extrude is not doing doing what max's inset does on a number of occasions. Thanks!!

MoP

You could maybe try Extrude and then Transform Component on the result?

oglu

there is a solidify script... think if you are using this on a face would do somthing like inset...
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/modeling/poly-tools/c/p3d-solidify

j_bradford

Thanks for the input guys but I tried these and neither work any better. Theres many times where offset works just fine but you start hitting walls when something like an L shaped group of faces is selected and you apply offset. It seems like just a simple thing that Max, XSI and Silo have. Oh well, something to suggest to Autodesk!

Whargoul

Use the transform component or extrude, and the offset parameter to do exactly what you want. Almost no one knows it's there

SHEPEIRO

Whargoul wrote: »

Use the transform component or extrude, and the offset parameter to do exactly what you want. Almost no one knows it's there

cheers was trying to remeber how to do this...dont use maya enough these days starting to forget the wee tricks

PolyHertz

I think the above image shows why extrude/offset isn't a good substitute for an inset function. Offset handles convext angles perfectly but fails when it comes to concave ones.

MoP

Yep, it's a bitch. I'm going to look into it, there should be a way of managing this. I wanted to do some insetting recently and the lack of a proper method was really annoying

EarthQuake

eek, maya doesnt have a basic bevel(what its called in modo, bevel on a poly selection) function? Man i thought that was like required for any app.

MoP

That's not a bevel, is it?

Jonathan

Yes, back in my Maya days, I used the extrude method, now I'm in Max, for the better or worse, but it's modeling tools are awesome.

PolyHertz

Mayas bevel is sort of strange, it takes the selected faces and applies the bevel to all the connected edges instead.

All someone needs to do to write an inset tool is post offset run through all the new edges leading inward, determin their length, and lengthen/shorten them based on the difference from the offset value from the outer 'border' inword. Its completely doable as a post operation, but making it work in real-time (at least via mel) is another matter.

elte

wow yeah, I can't produce something like max inset in maya, These tool is need indeed.

Whargoul

PolyHertz wrote: »

I think the above image shows why extrude/offset isn't a good substitute for an inset function. Offset handles convext angles perfectly but fails when it comes to concave ones.

If you delete the internal edges before you extrude it will work just like Max... don't ask why but it works.

IronHawk

Sorry to bump this but its really annoying. I've been combing the internet looking for a solution or script. Maya does some things great but man the poly modeling is downright painful at times compared to most other apps.