Maya extrude along curve- Uneven poly distribution

beartraps · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

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 · Dec 2009

Thanks a bunch everyone, rebuild curve option fixed it

Maya extrude along curve- Uneven poly distribution

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