How to create a chamfer with parallel edge lines?

lastsky · 5:24AM

I am trying to recreate the chamfer in the bottom picture with the parallel edge lines, but in 3ds max any type of chamfer (Quad, Uniform, Radial) always results in converging edge lines, and the only chamfer that comes close to the goal is "tri" but it doesn't have a chamfer curve. I also thought of doing it via Loft, but I was wondering if there was a more straightforward way to do it with standard primitives first?

kosh3d · 11:33AM

You can do that with the "tri" mitering option, it just needs two steps - first chamfer the outer edges and then the ring:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/45/6sxdq5dv4xu6.jpg

lastsky · 6:10PM

This is great! Thank you so much. I also noticed that instead of doing an inset of the bottom (and potentially reducing the rounded edge size), I can just press shift before scaling down the edges of the bottom in order to preserve the larger rounded edges, before applying the tri chamfer.

How to create a chamfer with parallel edge lines?

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