Simple question about removing faces in Maya 2011

BARDLER

I am just modeling some simple geometry in Maya 2011 and I am kind of stuck how to fix what appears to be a simple problem. I want to delete the faces I have selected but not make the object hollow.

Obviously when I select all those faces and hit delete I end up with a hollow object I can see into. I know I can go back and extrude what I need and solve the problem but I feel like this will come back again eventually. Is their a tool that will solve this automatically for me? Or is their to carve out a certain area like the opposite of extruding.

Thanks for any help!

m4dcow

You could select the contained edges and use the delete edge tool, but then you end up with a crazy ngon which can sometimes be problematic.

sirenblue

You mean removing those faces like how you remove LEGOs?

BARDLER

Yes LEGO's is a perfect way to describe it.

elementrix

I would - as said in the first reply - select all edges within the area you don't want, then use the delete edge tool. And fix the place with the split polygon tool so you get the result you want.

Or maybe you could also try to boolean that piece out of it although I mostly try to avoid booleans as they don't always give you the desired result. And you probably also need to fix it afterwards.