Originally posted by I-Iybrid
5 side polys is fine. Only if your gonna keep it poly. If your converting to subd, you might want 4 sided. 
No way dood. Kill the 5 sided poly's. Because when you go to smooth it you'll get all kinds of crazy edges from Maya trying to find that other 5th point to connect it to. Just simply use the Split Poly tool and run an extra edge to attach that 5th poly to something.
Dave Baer
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