Beer glass scene creation
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# 1 12-10-2008 , 09:06 PM
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Need help with car

I am currently going through a car tutorial and was wondering if someone could help.

When i went to convert my polys to sub ds to see how I was progressing, it came up with the message

Error: polyToSubdiv1 (Poly To Subdiv Node): One or more edges is nonmanifold.
// Nonmanifold geometry cannot be converted to a subdivision surface.
// To clean up nonmanifold edges, use Mesh->Cleanup with the nonmanifold option. //
// Error: Command polyToSubdiv failed. Open Script Editor for details. //

When I went to clean up it all turned to faces option,What does it mean clean up nonmanifold edges.???

Jason

# 2 12-10-2008 , 11:05 PM
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I don't use subdivs, anyway I think your problem is that some of the faces in your mesh have more than 4 edges. Using the 'cleanup' command you can individuate the faces that share this problem and retopologise their shape to a 3 or 4 edged polys.

# 3 12-10-2008 , 11:44 PM
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Non manifolds have no dimension, probably from pressing extrude twice.

Just follow what it says in the script editor


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