PLEASE help... im stuck!

[shyguy]

hey i am working on an assignment at uni using 3ds max 6. i have created a rectangle shape then i created another rectangle and converted to editable spline, then manipulated it a bit. then i use loft with the first rectangle already selected and click on the small spline i created. i do this with instance selected. now when i go into the created loft and click subobject shape it wont let me manipulate the shape??? why... what settings are there that could be effecting this?

another problem i was having was when i created a rectangle shape and then i wanted to change it to editable poly, i then extrude it and all is fine... but when i look underneath the bottom poly is missing and its one big hole...??

newbie help please...

[JDM3dee]

sorry i had a bit of a hard time following your directions... could you post some screens of what you mean...?

[shyguy]

hey... yeah its a bit hard to explain... im not sure that a screenshot is going to make much of a diff... im basically following this tutorial with the chair and having 2 problems...

1. http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/hu.../chair3_01.asp on step 70 i cant change the loft shape sub object even though i did it as an instance?? ive been following this tutorial to the letter as far as i know... is there another setting that could be stuffing me up?

2. http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/hu.../chair3_02.asp on step 73 when i make the copy of the rectangle splin and then convert to editable poly and extrude. then if i look underneath the chair that poly i extruded is hollow on the bottom... so basically it is fine from top view but from bottom view you cant see anything??

im using 3dsmax6

[JDM3dee]

Hmmm... sorry i dont think i can help you... have you thought about contacting the author...?

goodluck!

[shyguy]

i jusy worked it out... yay... well the first problem anyways...

but im still stuck on the second...

if you create a rectangle shape spline... how do you then convert that into a box with all six sides?

[JDM3dee]

Well done! i dont know if this is the solution to your particluar problem but you could convert spline to editable poly then use face extrude from the stack...

hope it helps...

step 73 is a box primitive.It`s a seperate object from the extruded rectangle spline that you did in step 70.

ciao

[superwoman]

lol im working on that chair too...if i get cought up too ya and figure stuff out i will let ya know how if ya need the help...im on step 63 right now tho

[shyguy]

i ended up figuring it out... the problem i was having was that i couldnt see the spline in the actuall loft and i was simply clicking on the seperate spline which did nothing... the other prblem was that i was using the extrude tool on the base... when i was supposed to use the extrude modifier on the spline...