I am trying to slice a editable poly. I have tried slice plane, but I can’t snap the slicing plane to where I want it. I have tried cut and quickslice, but they don’t seem to slice the top and bottom faces. Here are some graphics to explain:- In autocad, you simply click on three points in the pla…

you can use the slice modifier, or cut the poly, align and weld verticies (constrain to edge if needed) afterwards. but you’d need two slices, one horizontal and the other vertical, then delete the polygons you don’t need and cap or bridge the open borders. if I understand the images correctly..

or make another object and use boolean or pro boolean to subtract and then convert back to poly… but that’s a bit a long way around

I’ve tried this approach, but it doesn’t seem to work. I will try and attach the file.

Yep - boolean approach is one that I have yet to try. To be honest, I’ve always steered clear of Max booleans because of historical problems. I will retry if simple slicing doesn’t work.

Here is the zipped 2012 file. slice poly.zip (19.9 KB)

Or you can draw a tape along the edge I’ve indicated here, align the slice plane to the tape using the align tool and matching its orientation before continuing on. OR you can actually use the normal align tool with the slice modifier, but it has to be across two different objects. You could just cl…

Check this out. I’ve aligned the slice modifier to the tape using the ‘match x axis’ (if i remember correctly). I think this is what you’re asking for, yes? Then break, the verts, move your faces, bridge/cap and weld. bam done. slice poly.zip (21.9 KB)

Will take a look - thanks mate. You’d think after 15+ years of this stuff I’d know how to do it!?!?

OK, so you have used a slice modifier. I was trying to do this using the slice option within editable poly. However, your method seems to work just fine. wILL GIVE THAT A TRY. Oops - sorry for shouting

Normal aligning a slice plane and using the tape to align is a new trick for me too :stuck_out_tongue: To be honest, I think you can still align the editable poly slice plane to a tape too. I dont think it only works with the modifier. Give it a shot.

how to slice editable poly?

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Neilg October 2, 2012, 3:41pm 19

I’d always use edge connect, edge constraint to move it into place and then select any vertices I need and click connect in vertex mode.

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