topic NURBS: How do I convert a closed (welded) curve into a surface? in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

topic NURBS: How do I convert a closed (welded) curve into a surface? in 3ds Max Modeling Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/nurbs-how-do-i-convert-a-closed-welded-curve-into-a-surface/m-p/5864196#M18181 I have a NURBS curve with the following CV's. I created it with the intention of creating a surface (a tulip petal). In retrospect, I think that I should have considered the limitations and characteristics of Max's NURBS support. Here's a curve, welded at the top center CV: <IMG src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/194676i75A03198C991844B/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" border="0" alt="2015-10-16_0137.png" title="2015-10-16_0137.png" /> Co-planar CV curve. Cool. I thought it would be a trivial task to simply close this curve and create a surface for further refinement. I tried the "cap" option with the selected NURBS curve. It appeared to work. I converted to an independent surface, but it still seemed tied to the original curve. It was almost as if there was a dependent surface that I was working with, but looking at the NURBS panel, it showed as already being independent (No option to make independent). Any tips? I think that for now I'm going to just start over and use poly editing tools to create the surface. Thanks for any tips!- Sean Failing that, I decided to try and simply loft the two sides together Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:54:17 GMT Anonymous 2015-10-16T05:54:17Z