I am working in 3DS Max 2015
I have a polygon object that I have created that was square shaped and capped with a plane object.
I wanted to make it rectangular, so I used a splice plane and cut it in half. I then used the bridge tool to bridge each of the opposing open edges. The mesh looks perfect.
Now the entire object has been grouped / attached together. However, even before being rendered the top plane has a different color then the rest of the object when viewed in a certain angle, but has the same color at different view angles. I am unsure why this is.
Then I apply a gloss material to the entire object. When I render the object the top cap plane and the areas that I created with the bridge tool render very strangely. The end pieces that were the original square render perfectly.
Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
Two photos attached.
Thanks.
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Thank you for the quick reply.
When I apply the material I drag a selection box around the entire object (even though in the object explorer it has only one name)
Then I click apply to selected in the material pane to ensure everything is getting the material applied. So I don't believe they would have different material ID's. And it isn't possible to select just the bridge or top face to check the material ID as it is attached to the end peices.
As for your second point, how would I check smoothing groups? I am not familiar with this.
Also when I bridged the two sides, I only bridged the top section, not the bottom extrusion, as I am only rendering the top half. Could this be a problem? I notice that if I turn off force 2 sided then the top cap plane doesn't even render and shows black. I assumed that the thickness of the polygone wouldn't matter during rendering. The bridge section renders the same regardless of force 2 sided option.
Thank you for the indepth reply. I am assuming that I am doing this the hard way, but I am new to the program.
I have tried to set the smoothing settings to auto but it didn't make any difference.
I have attached the work file.
Thanks.
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