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bobbel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: weird vertex problem

Hi all, i have a little problem. I made a little arrow bolt, but its not yet completely shaped. Now it looks like this:

I want to give it some things on the side, so i pull 2 vertexes away to make some of those. But now it looks weird!

But i want it to be like this:

(the red lines are drawn by me)

what am i doing wrong?

elementrix · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject:

this is because you should always try to keep every poly with 4 sides,

to fix this, select 2 vertices and press "connect" then connect every 2 vertical vertices one by one.

a polygon with more then 4 vertices/edges is called an N-gon.
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bobbel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject:

thanks:) i just couldn't figure out what to do!

elementrix · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject:

your making an arrow? Because if yes, you don't have to divide your cylinder that much.
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bobbel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject:

what do you mean? if it means less lagg with more arrows on screen, i would like to hear it!

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject:

What you have there is a concave polygon. Keep your polygons convex!
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Jeroen · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject:

Use the Optimize tool to make concave polygons convex. Smile

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bobbel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject:

that makes a lot less lagg, thank you