Bridge tool?

machopenguin001 · Post by **machopenguin001** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:09 am

Does 3ds max7 have a tool called bridge or something, that would allow you to connect two tunnels? Like say you had two boxs across from each other, and you wanted them to be one box. Is there a tool that would do that, instead of having to delete the oppsoing faces, and create new ones to make em whole?

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:17 am

That would be a cool tool. I have no idea if you can do that, but what I would probably end up doing is using boolean to make the circles on the sides of the skyboxes perfect (Using spheres) and then I would probably make a cylinder and attach the 2 boxes and the cylinder together. Then I would click create under editable mesh, and attach the cylinder to the boxes, so the level is perfectly sealed.

There might be another way to do this, but thats how I would go about doing it.

machopenguin001 · Post by **machopenguin001** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:20 am

Lol You confuse me lol. What I do is attach the two boxes, delete the two faces of the bx's sides facing each other, then createpolygons connecting the opposing vertices. Perfect. A bridge tool would really help in tunnel making. 3ds max needs SOOO many more tools... I got like 50 of em discreet should put in it...

Sonictag · Post by **Sonictag** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:24 am

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bogi1976/

There is a "lego" script there which they soo shoulda put in.

machopenguin001 · Post by **machopenguin001** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:44 am

LOL awesome! but duh... what's the point of making it legoey?

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:25 am

Legolizer lmfao

that is a swweet name!

a bridge tool would be awesome.... Halomods should start a online petition for discreet lol

machopenguin001 · Post by **machopenguin001** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:08 pm

Nah, we should create a brainstorm topic for potential tools, and then:

A. send em to discreet for the next max title
or
B. make em ourselves.

Hey I am having this problem, I create a polygon in max, and for some reason, I get an error. the polygon that should be sealing off it's side right next to it, doesn't seal it off! It just stays open!! There would be like two edges there, instead of one edge from the two poly's! Anyone know what is happening?

Sonictag · Post by **Sonictag** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:09 pm

Can you post a screenshot? I dont understand what you are saying.

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:21 pm

A screenshot would be nice, I'm not sure I understand either.

I like the idea of having 2 skyboxes connected though. Another idea, I don't know if this is possible, is to make 2 boxes and not connect them at all. Then you could have teleports to each one....

idk, just a thought...

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:43 am

sonictag wrote:Can you post a screenshot? I dont understand what you are saying.

Me neither and as far as i understood you can make that without a plugin or script

OxYgEn · Post by **OxYgEn** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:19 pm

weld the vertices...just drag a box over the verts you wunna weld & use the scale tool to get them close enough to eachother for the weld to work.

[gx]shadow · Post by **[gx]shadow** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:47 pm

sometimes it comes out messed up, especially if the models are complex, but using the connect tool does exactly what u are trying to do. what to do is click on an object, go to compound objects, click connect, then click where it says pick operand and click what u want to 'bridge.' other than that, the only other way i know of is manually by extruding faces and welding verts.

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:59 pm

[gx]Shadow wrote:sometimes it comes out messed up, especially if the models are complex, but using the connect tool does exactly what u are trying to do. what to do is click on an object, go to compound objects, click connect, then click where it says pick operand and click what u want to 'bridge.' other than that, the only other way i know of is manually by extruding faces and welding verts.

whoa... .sweet I never know you could do that

lmfao thanks!

[gx]shadow · Post by **[gx]shadow** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:21 pm

np, if u need any help in max feel free to ask!

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:12 am

you can't weld in haloce worlds at my experience

SunnySharma · Post by **SunnySharma** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:22 am

Patrickssj6 wrote:you can't weld in haloce worlds at my experience

What the hell are you talking about?

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:35 pm

SunnySharma wrote:
Patrickssj6 wrote:you can't weld in haloce worlds at my experience
What the hell are you talking about?

I was wondering the same thing.

I think he means that you can't have 2 boxes connected, but as long as they are connected I don't see why not...

Even if they aren't connected, it should still work.....

[gx]shadow · Post by **[gx]shadow** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:07 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:you can't weld in haloce worlds at my experience

like the other 2 guys said, i have no idea what you are saying. just to be clear, the talk about welding is connecting two verticies in 3ds max so that they form one vert.