Originally posted by adldesigner
Mike, you´re right. The only thing it imports is the curve itself. He has to either plannar fill it, or loft it with something to create a surface, and then shade it using the correct color values.
Another powerful way to create surfaces from curves is Maya's BevelPlus feature (a very underrated and underused feature, IMO).
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