3ds max creating holes

Boing

I was wondering if there was an easyer method of adding holes to surfaces. I usualy create the shape of my hole with a seperate object, allign it to the surface and either create a boolean or pic the surface that i want the holes in and cut with vertex snap enabled around my shape. Bolean gives kind of crappy results, and cuting takes forever.
So is there a better way to create holes (in 3ds max only) or is this just the way its working?

Tokusei

there is a proboolean compound object which usually gives slightly better geo, other than that not really, vertex snap+cut is the way I would manually cut it in

mLichy

I usually use boolean, or do what u said, cut with snaps.

Or if you don't mind/want a faster and less destructive method, just float little fake holes above the surface.

Sean VanGorder

I made this a while back, for use in high poly work, but should still be helpful.

Mark Dygert

Yep, proBoolean, floaters or chamfer'ed verts.

Oh and... you can also cut in a a rough hole, then use the GeoPoly button in Graphite modeling tools to round out the poly making it circular.

Illusion catalyst also has a free script available that does a similar function but works on loops instead of polys. It also makes sure that each edge is the same length giving you a prefect circle.

Boing

Thanks for your help guys, lots of good information!

Danielmn

if your going to a lo poly then you can also do a floater geo as well

eat 3d has a good tut on this subject for free

leechdemon

I've found ProBoolean, as annoying as it can be, works the best for me. There's a script called Vertex Killer (http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/vertex-killer) that'll remove all selected vertices with only 2 connected lines.... exactly like the ones ProBoolean loves creating for no reason. Run VertexKiller after ProBoolean and you'll have a much better time at it.

passerby

if it is a high poly model i tend to just use floaters, since there quick and dont messy up the model, or the vert chamfer method already shown.

with the vert chamfer method if used for a LP mesh, you can just add more connecting loops in step 5 across the square face before you Spherify ti make it more round, just be sure to connected the extra verts that creates up to something, so you don't get some huge ngon that smooths like shit.