https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8800266#M7998 <P>are you sure its patchdeform, try pathdeform instead...patchdeform work only on polys</P> Sun, 19 May 2019 10:55:15 GMT rendermaster 2019-05-19T10:55:15Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8799834#M7997 <P>Im following a tutorial on making a retro telephone. It tells me to use Patch deform on a helix to I guess patch it to a line. When I select pick patch, I get the error message "Illegal Patch". The point is to make the line and the helix fuse so it looks like a retro phone cable. The tutorial tried to use the spacing tool but it did not work. How can I get Patch Deform to work in this instance?<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="2019-05-18 (3).png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/637994i97C26B8522D2F56B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="2019-05-18 (3).png" alt="2019-05-18 (3).png" /></span></P> Sat, 18 May 2019 18:06:59 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8799834#M7997 jonesshallah 2019-05-18T18:06:59Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8800266#M7998 <P>are you sure its patchdeform, try pathdeform instead...patchdeform work only on polys</P> Sun, 19 May 2019 10:55:15 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8800266#M7998 rendermaster 2019-05-19T10:55:15Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8800827#M7999 <P>Yes thats exactly what was wrong.&nbsp; I misread the tutorial. Thank you!</P> Mon, 20 May 2019 00:10:51 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-modeling-forum/illegal-patch/m-p/8800827#M7999 jonesshallah 2019-05-20T00:10:51Z