how count faces of a complex object??

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

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# 1 19-08-2005 , 01:47 PM

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Hello!!!

I am creating a game object, and I don't know how I count the faces, edges,.... of my object. Could you say me a good way for this challenge?

Thanks.

Sorry for my english !!!:p

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# 2 19-08-2005 , 01:58 PM

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Here you go user added image

No worries. Your english is very good user added image

Cheers,
Leo

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# 3 19-08-2005 , 02:12 PM

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Thanks a lot !!!!!!!!!

hahaha !! My English is not very good !! But I try to improve it.

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# 4 21-08-2005 , 04:48 PM

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Also you may find "Tris" more helpful than Polys as a measure if you're doing it for games.

Maya's more complex than games lately so Tris are generally a good rule of thumb. (Polys count Triangles, Quads, pentagons, hexagons etc as 1 poly each... where games generally regard them as 2,3,4,5 etc.)

If I have a model with 5 hexagons and 2 triangles -- Games count it as 27 polygons; Maya will say:

Polys: 7
Tris: 27 <-- what games GENERALLY see. (For this generation of games atleast)
Edges: blah
etc.

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