Summary

The Paint Deformation feature is a welcome addition, allowing you to add surface details using an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Max includes several unique modifiers that apply specifically to mesh objects. This chapter covered these topics:

• Using the various Paint Deformation brushes

• Setting brush options with the Brush Options dialog box

• How the Edit Mesh and Edit Poly modifiers can be used to edit a primitive object using the Editable Mesh and Editable Poly features while maintaining its parametric nature

• How several mesh modifiers are used to edit surface geometry

• How to edit normals and what the effects are

• Working with the Subdivision Surface modifiers to smooth mesh objects

In the next chapter, you learn about modeling and working with patch and NURBS objects.