3ds Max 2011 Chamfer problems

chazzur · Sep 2011

So Im currently working on this chair for a client who has most of there geometry but Im having to redo most of the ones they have as they were made very poorly. Im having to use 3Ds max which Im relatively new to (Ive been trained in Maya so working on making this transition). Iv run into a problem with this chamfer tool. In the attached image you can see whats happening. The chamfer is only extending in one direction instead of making the entire edge smooth. Does anyone here with more experience in Max know how to fix this or what im doing wrong?

RogerP · Sep 2011

well picture is pretty small, can't really see the settings you've got for the chamfer, can you provide us with a bigger one?

Sometimes I've founded that deleting those edges/geometry and recreating it takes care of glitches or corrupted geo, give it a try.

chazzur · Sep 2011

Sorry about the image size. Heres a link to the picture which should be big enough. And I already tried removing some of the edges around the selected area that Im working on. Thanks for the quick response though!

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab313/chasebueker/ChamferProblems.jpg

Daniel Doerksen · Sep 2011

probly you have scaled the object too much, and its xform is messing you up. reset xform, under the hammer on command panel, "ultilites" or select object detach or merge to a new scene, or create a edit poly object and attach. lots of things to do when max messes up