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Part III: Modeling Basics

Tutorial: Adding a handle to a mug
Creating a cup is fairly easy using the Lathe modifier, but adding the handle is another story. It could be
created as half a torus and Boolean connected to the cup, but this example shows how to use the poly mod-
eling features to hinge the handle on.
To add a handle to a mug, follow these steps:
1. Open the Mug.max file from the Chap 14 directory on the DVD.
This file includes a simple cup created using the Lathe modifier, and it has been converted to an
Editable Poly object. Open the Graphite Modeling Tools by clicking on its button in the main toolbar.
2. Select the QSlice button Edit panel and click in the Front viewport about one-third up from the
bottom of the cup, then orient the line to be horizontal and click again.
3. Click on the Cut button in the Edit panel and cut edges into each corner of one of the polygon
faces near the bottom of the cup. Then cut another horizontal edge in the middle of the cup.
Right-click in the viewport to exit the Cut tool.
4. Select the Polygon subobject mode in the Polygon Modeling panel and click on the interior of the
cut polygon just created. Shift-click on the Hinge button in the Polygons panel. In the Hinge
From Edge caddy, click the Pick Hinge button and click on the midline edge that was cut, set the
Segments to 10, and the Angle to 185, then click on the Ok button.
Figure 14.18 shows the resulting handle on the mug. You can add a NURMS command to smooth the mug
handle.

FIGURE 14.18
The handle for this mug was created with the Hinge feature.

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