[3ds max] how would you cut this ?

[psychodaddy]

this is not the first time i run into this issue and i can't figure out the most efficient way to cut those edges. i was wondering if there's a less tedious task than manual cut faces tool to cut that face ?

thanks in advance for you time!

[Matti]

You could select the big poly ->inset (doesn't matter how much)->collapse.

[glynnsmith]

I do these kinds of caps by:

1. Delete the offending cap
2. Select the open edge
3. Shift + Scale drag to extrude the edges to a centre point
4. Ctrl + select Vertex Edit Mode
5. Weld Selected

Then, to add more edges to help with meshsmoothing I'd:

1. Select the central vertex
2. Ctrl + select Edge Mode
3. Connect

Insetting the cap poly, like Matti said, is a similar way of doing it, but I like to have my edges converge on the centre, rather than having an Ngon

[Matti]

If you inset that big poly, keep it selected and then collapse, you get exactly the same result . No Ngon at all.

[glynnsmith]

I've just learned something

I thought you were refering to the collapsing of the modifier stack. D'oh!

[samgriffiths]

I didn't know about collapse either, thank-you.

[Ghostscape]

ctrl-alt-C is the hotkey for collapse in editable poly

It's super-effective!

[satan]

Damn, I didn't know that collapse as well. I thought you were talking about collapsing stack. Thanks Matti.