Member lildragon Posted September 6, 2015 Member Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hi I was curious, is there a way to use the Extrude command in the retopo room to extrude locally or along normals? Say for instance I have a circle of edges selected and I extrude, right now it appears to be trying to extrude in 3D space which I don't want, I would like the ring to extrude locally inwards... is this possible in 3dc? thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Michaelgdrs Posted September 6, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Try from an iso view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lildragon Posted September 6, 2015 Author Member Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Hmm same deal from any camera view, it shoots towards the camera. Thanks for the suggestion though. Unfortunately not a very functional command if they're no options with how you extrude... for instance, there's no option to extrude with disconnected faces, not that I need it but yeah. Edited September 6, 2015 by lildragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 9, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Try the FREE EXTRUDE tool. It acts like Maya's EXTRUDE tool, 3ds Max's INSET tool, but you get a gizmo with it and 3D Coat temporarily disables Auto Snapping while it's active. To see it, you need to select some Faces, and it will appear contextually in the COMMANDS section of the tool panel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Michaelgdrs Posted September 9, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 T hats the one , my bad thought you already using Free Extrude. Thank you Ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 9, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 T hats the one , my bad thought you already using Free Extrude. Thank you Ranger. No problem. The EXTRUDE tool works with EDGES mode, while FREE EXTRUDE works with FACES. The latter is a newer option. The EXTRUDE tool is kind of an old legacy tool that works pretty well when you want to extrude edges down the side of an object, like fingers or limbs. The NORMAL EXTRUDE tool is similar to the FREE EXTRUDE, but it has a gizmo that is aimed along the average vertex normal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 9, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 This one also covers the Free Extrude and Normal Extrude tool in a more practical setting: https://youtu.be/pm9gr11Fq-E?t=1197 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 9, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 ...it starts at approx. the 20:00 mark: https://youtu.be/pm9gr11Fq-E?t=1197 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Michaelgdrs Posted September 9, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Nailed it as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lildragon Posted September 10, 2015 Author Member Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Thx guys, not quite what I was looking for but I did gain some new knowledge. I'll just stick to Maya for certain operations like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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