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# 1 01-07-2011 , 05:43 PM
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thicken a lofted surface?

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I am a total MAYA noob, currently learning on 64bit 2012. I am trying to create a model of mitochondrial cristea. I began by creating a CV curve, then duplicating it, Ytranslating a bit, and making modifications to the curve, to create a set of horizontal slices. My plan was to loft the curves to create a surface, then extrude to give it some thickness. The extruding isn't going well. I've tried surfaces>extrude, and also convert NURBS to polygons and then extruding, but both approaches are giving me a bunch of jumbled garbage. Can anyone help me? Screen shot of current model is attached.

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Could you give us your reference pic so we have a idea of what you are trying to model.........dave


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Below are an illustration and a microphoto. I started by modeling a shell (also shown below), which I will also want to thicken. The cristae will go inside. In the planned animation, a camera will zoom in to mitochondrion, then outer membrane will peel back to show internal structure. I need both surfaces to have some thickness for the cross section to be shown in final animation. Thanks for any help!
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Two more pics below. Once modeled, the mitochondria will be added to the myofibrils and sarcoplasmic reticulem that I have already modeled. Nothing is textured yet, just material colors to make the models easier to look at.
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