I'm lost

macphile · 13th March 2010, 04:45 AM

(I'll preface this by saying that I'm new to this--not just AC3D but the whole scene.)

I want to make a cake slice--basically, a quarter of a cylinder, but with rounded edges at the top and bottom of the back surface (hence the need for a sculpty rather than a regular SL shape). I've been at this for hours, and everything I do is just...a disaster.

I've tried subtracting with another shape, and even when it's supposedly lined up along the right vertices, it always manages to remove some random little triangular surface somewhere. I've tried just flat-out deleting surfaces and adding new ones. I've tried...I don't even know anymore.

Probably obviously, the few maps I've exported have been full of black, but I can never really even get the shape right in the first place.

It seems like this should be a simple thing to make, but it's defeating me.

Help, please? Thanks!

13th March 2010, 04:45 AM	#1
macphile Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1	I'm lost (I'll preface this by saying that I'm new to this--not just AC3D but the whole scene.) I want to make a cake slice--basically, a quarter of a cylinder, but with rounded edges at the top and bottom of the back surface (hence the need for a sculpty rather than a regular SL shape). I've been at this for hours, and everything I do is just...a disaster. I've tried subtracting with another shape, and even when it's supposedly lined up along the right vertices, it always manages to remove some random little triangular surface somewhere. I've tried just flat-out deleting surfaces and adding new ones. I've tried...I don't even know anymore. Probably obviously, the few maps I've exported have been full of black, but I can never really even get the shape right in the first place. It seems like this should be a simple thing to make, but it's defeating me. Help, please? Thanks!