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ENSONIQ5:
Haven't played your file, but most common cause of ends not capping in an extrude is if the spline being extruded is not closed. When drawing the spline, don't try to close the spline by clicking the last point over the first. Instead, once the final point has been entered and all that's missing is the final line that is needed to close the spline, double-click anywhere on the spline to open the Path Editor. Select 'Closed', untick 'Extendable' and click OK and the gap between the first and last points will be closed with a line. Extrude it (Z axis if working in front view) with end caps selected and everything should be fine.
The end caps are generally triangulated which isn't suitable for subdivision so some manual re-working of the mesh is often required, but that's probably not critical at this stage in your Anim8or journey.
Owl:
Thank you for your thoughts. I believe the second object in the video does all you said.
I also have been leaving a big gap between the last two points so I can verify that the close command actually closed it.
Have spent several hours trying to find the pattern, to no avail
Thank You.
kreator:
Re: Your flv file,Your extruding in the wrong direction. Thats why you are having trouble getting caps, for Front view, if you try it in the Z direction you should have no trouble.
Owl:
Hi kreator,
Please look at my screen capture again. You are right about the first time, firsr object. I thought by doing this object first that this was one of the ways to get it to mess up the second time, where I choose "Z" axis (...yes?). But I have had it work or not work without being able to figure the pattern.
Do you see a problem with the way I extruded the second object?
Thank You.
captaindrewi:
Could it be that there are a few versions of 0.98.
and therein lies the peculiarity OWL is experiencing.
Mine is 2013
and i have just looked at anim8or main download page where the latest is 2014.
what edition have you got OWL?
The latest version Anim8or, v0.98 dated January 23, 2014 is available here: animv098.zip. It is identical to the original release dated November 30, 2014 with a fix for an spline extrusion/filling bug.
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