Create Multiple Faces In One

[Anonymous]

I was watching a video on YouTube that desplays the modeling of a house. At around 1:20, the producer uses a technique to split one face into multiple and is automatically able to extrude them. Though he uses 3DS Max, I was hoping that someone would be able to describe how I'd be able to replicate the feat in Maya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfcNykNVYU

[damaggio]

You can select the face you want, Mesh>Smooth exponentially - divisions to maybe 2...then select the edges created and do a small bevel, then select the inner face  the "Glass" and extrude inward.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

You can select the face you want, Mesh>Smooth exponentially - divisions to maybe 2...then select the edges created and do a small bevel, then select the inner face  the "Glass" and extrude inward.

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That's fine for being able to create the many faces I need, but if for instance there are 200 windows, there's no way I'd want to take the time to select them all. Isn't there a way to automatically make the glass faces all highlighted?

[damaggio]

Well now is going to get complicated, do they have a glass shader on them?...you could select shader "Select objects with material"...that would select all faces fro you.

Can you post a picture of the building model?

[rmf001]

If you already have the divisions once you select the faces and extrude with 'keep faces together' toggled off. Scale them in, the will stay selected, then extrude again and pull/ push the faces in/out and you have all the windows within the "frames".