how to cap a clipped poly sphere

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Andrew Graham: Member; 150 posts; Joined: Feb. 2009; Offline

Feb. 16, 2010 10:03 p.m.

i am clipping a polygon surface and im wondering if there is a procedural tool to cap it to make it an enclosed volume again. thanks for any help.

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graham: Member; 1909 posts; Joined: Nov. 2006; Offline

Feb. 16, 2010 10:07 p.m.

Try using a Divide SOP with Removed Shared Edges turned on. If the other end cap is fused to the main body this should generate a polygon from the clipped area that you can then merge back into the main chain.

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Andrew Graham: Member; 150 posts; Joined: Feb. 2009; Offline

Feb. 16, 2010 11:25 p.m.

mad! i dont quite get how that operator does what it does, but its cool.


edward: Member; 7756 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

Feb. 18, 2010 10:01 a.m.

Selecting an edge of the hole and applying PolyCap works for me.

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