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# 1 27-09-2013 , 07:45 PM
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Make Curve into Polygonal Surface

Hi guys,

I'm new to Maya & was wondering if there's a way to make a surface out of this curve, so that I could insert edge loops/extrude, etc...
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I tried creating the shape out of a polygon plane and moved vertices according to the shape, but then when I extrude & add edge loops (to smooth out later), the edges lie on top of one another.
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# 2 28-09-2013 , 01:08 AM
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You could try starting with a 20 sided cylinder (since the shape in question is a 10 point star). Then select every other vertex on the edge and scale them inwards.


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