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Old 05-12-2003, 11:00 AM   #1
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as im modeling this car im having a few problems following the tutorial that was provided, i decided to start a thread addressing problems as i come across them.

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in the tutorial it says to select 3 points and hitting ctrl p to create a polygon, but when i do it, it creates a line, or a spline, but its hollow, it doesn't create a ploly, it just joins the polys with a line
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Old 05-12-2003, 12:26 PM   #2
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i believe that the polygon is flipped, go into polygon mode - click where the polygon is supposed to be - then hit the "f" button to flip it, hopefully that answers your question,
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Old 05-12-2003, 07:20 PM   #3
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You're right - Control-P will create an open curve. If you need to create an actual polygon, then simply hit the p (note lower case) key.
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Old 05-12-2003, 08:44 PM   #4
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Yeah some times Philip gets some of his hot-keys crossed. I'm sure he is thinking the right thing, doing the right thing, and things he is saying the right thing. It's happened to me.
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Old 06-12-2003, 02:18 AM   #5
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Truth be told though - like you say - he's doing the right thing and thinking the right thing.

I'd not even noticed that he's not saying the right thing. I think i'll need to go back and revisit the McLaren tutes now purely to build a snagging list
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We can't forget to mention about the order of selecting the points... clockwise or counter clockwise
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