Not really sure what you're talking about here ... surely Bevel does this? ie. have a hotkey on Bevel, press it, drag on the face to extrude it then click and drag again to change the scale. I don't understand how you can have an inset and an extrude in a single action unless it's a bevel function? You have to do some sort…
I'm trying to transition from Max to XSI, and there are a few features I havent come across yet that I'm wondering how to do in Max. One of the things I loved in XSI was the modeling workflow. I could just select any polygon, CTRL+D to duplicate it (extrude) and I could move/resize all in that 1 action. I could CTRL+D on a…
shift drag on edges is similar to the extrude of XSI. I use both programs but went from to XSI and prefer the max way. For bevel I prefer max only because XSI limits how much you can bevel something with their slider. If you want to be fast with max just hot key, connect, extrude, inset, etc. One thing you will miss is the…
Hey Chad, after watching some xsi vids and learning the app al little I see exactly what you mean. As a matter of fact i have been trying to implement this in my workflow lately. For those unfamiliar with XSI, the way bevel and inset are integrated into one single action is very nice and fluid. Worth looking into really.…