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how to cap a clipped poly sphere

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Andrew Graham
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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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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
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mad! i dont quite get how that operator does what it does, but its cool.
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Selecting an edge of the hole and applying PolyCap works for me.
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