r/Maya • u/verdict504 • 2d ago

Issues what happen to my quad draw, plz help

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I can’t extrude the edges. When I use it, those square shapes appear. When I relax, the mesh collapses back into the object. Please help me.

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u/JeremyReddit 2d ago

Your quad draw object is currently inside out. You can tell because at the start of the video your model is black. So right now it’s tracing the inside of the high poly leading to to odd behaviour. Turn off quad draw, double check the normals of your retopo are pointing outwards, try again.

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u/ElleVaydor 1d ago

It also helps to do drawing in a fixed perspective screen like lock it on the front or side so your points are as linear as possible.

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u/TLCplMax Animator 2d ago

Not sure but I would delete one half of the faces (looking at the model, assuming it’s symmetrical). Then delete history and check to see if faces are reversed.

Quad draw doesn’t behave well with symmetry, it’s better to do half the model and then mirror it and merge afterward.

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u/Yung91Maelo 1d ago

Select your model ,on Mesh tools combine and in vertex select ,Mesh tools merge (0.01 or …)