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3DS Max - Compound Objects - Loft -Part 1

Submitted by miledrizk on Sat, 2022-08-27 12:23
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In this tutorial, we will start learning about a very powerful modeling tool in 3DS Max, called Loft, found in the Geometry, Compound Objects section. This tool needs a path and some cross sections, and it contains many powerful features to manipulate and customize the resulting geometry. This is the first video for the Loft tool, and hopefully, as soon as possible, I will make a second one to cover some of the other features of this powerful tool.

3DS Max - Group tool is not available - Grayed out - Solved

Submitted by miledrizk on Wed, 2019-09-25 13:04
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In this short video, we'll see why the Group tool, sometimes, becomes grayed out and not available. The reason for that is the presence of opened group among the selected objects.

Lesson 9-3DS Max-Total Beginners-2D Shapes Intro-part 3-Chamfer Fillet Trim Extend

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2020-11-08 14:58
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In this 3rd part of the 2D intro, we will learn about 4 new features related to the Spline objects: Chamfer, Fillet, Trim and Extend.

3DS Max - Invisible Sections Problem With Loft - Explained

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2022-09-04 09:22
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In this tutorial, we will look at the issue of invisible cross sections inside the Loft tool. This happens when you choose Editable Splines or shapes with Edit Spline modifier as a cross-section. I will explain why they happen, and what can we do in that scenario.

3DS Max - Trick - Creative Way To Align

Submitted by miledrizk on Tue, 2019-10-01 15:53
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In this video, we will learn how to align objects in a specific direction on another object using a helper object.

Lesson 10-3DS Max-Total Beginners-2D Shapes Intro-part 4- Booleans - Outline

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2020-11-22 17:23
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In this video, we will learn about 2 new features related to 2D shapes,
Boolean and Outline.

3DS Max - V-Ray - VraySwitchMtl Explained

Submitted by miledrizk on Sat, 2022-11-19 12:54
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In this tutorial, we will take a look at a powerful and useful V-Ray material called Vray Switch Material (VraySwitchMtl). We will see two ways on how to use it, a simple straightforward way, and a more advanced way.

Lesson 11-3DS Max-Total Beginners-2D Shapes Intro-part 5 - Mirror - Add Vertices

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2020-12-27 06:33
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In this video, we will learn how to mirror a sub-object element in a spline shape and how to determine a custom axis for the mirror operation. In the second part, we will see how we can add new vertices to an existing spline.

3DS Max - Import Obj - invalid normal index - Bad Geometry

Submitted by miledrizk on Sun, 2023-01-08 04:54
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In this tutorial, we will deal with two issues when importing an Obj file into 3DS Max. 1- Invalid Normal Index 2-Wrong geometry

3DS Max - How To - Show Invisible Edges And Quadrify Faces

Submitted by miledrizk on Fri, 2020-02-07 14:35
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In this video, we will see how to show the hidden edges and make them permanently visible to be used in Editable Poly. Also, and quickly, we will learn how to use the Quadrify tool in Editable Poly to create quad faces out of Non-Quad faces. This tool doesn't have 100% success result all the time, it depends on the object's mesh, but it will try its best. In many cases, it's 100% successful.