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# 1 15-09-2006 , 06:02 AM
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CONVERTING POLY TO SUB 'D'S

I AM WORKING ON A FIGURE JUST TO EXTEND MYSELF. SO I HAVE BEEN JOINING A LEG ONTO A TORSO AND THEN AFTER A TIDY IT REFUSED TO CONVERT FROM POLY TO SUB D', SEVERAL TIMES CLAIMING THAT 'NONMANIFOLD GEOMETRY CANNOT BE CONVERTED. IT SUGESTED THAT I USE 'CLEAN POLY' ... AND THIS SHOWED THE AREA OF OFFENCE, SEVERAL OF THE FACES AROUND THE GROIN AREA WERE NOT CONECTED AT ALL FACES AND VERTICES, SO I WENT THRU AN EXTENCIVE PROCESS OFF MERGING, FIRST VERTICES AND THEN EDGES IT FINALY DID CONVERT TO A SUB D BUT THE SUB IS READING ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL FACES AS EDGES AND MAKING THEM ALL ISLANDS, SO THERE ARE ALOT OF HOLES IN THE TOP OF MY LEG. HUH!
IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO TO REPAIR THIS
IS THIS A RESULT OF DELETING FACES AND EXTRUDING EDGES DURING THE TIDY OF THE GROIN AREA AFTER I JOINED THE LEG AND TORSO (USED A BOOLEAN)user added image