Total newb to Maya here. I looked through the forums and couldn't find an answer to my problem, so figured I'd give this a shot.
Using Maya 2011 for Mac. I downloaded a boxing glove model (link to dropbox). I want to Reduce it as it's ultra-high-poly and I don't need nearly that resolution. On attempting [Mesh > Reduce], I get "Cannot reduce polygon with non-manifold geometry...please cleanup". On attempting [Mesh > Cleanup]...all but two or three faces (of 15,000+) are deleted
I recognize that this isn't the most well-constructed model, but...surely it's not that bad? I've played with all of the cleanup options, and can't seem to find a setting that doesn't just delete/select the entire glove.
Please help, would be much appreciated.
-macdonaldhall
. It happens. I would go with Dave's advice, use the mesh and make something with a better topology.
