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Chapter 27: Working with Compound Objects
Tutorial: Creating drapes
Modeling home interiors is a task commonly performed by professional architects and interior designers,
and creating the drapes can be tricky. In this tutorial, you create some simple drapes using a Loft object.
To create drapes using a Loft object, follow these steps:
1. Open the Lofted drapes.max file from the Chap 27 directory on the DVD.
This file contains two splines that can be used to create the loft.

2. Select the straight line spline, and select the Create ➪ Compound ➪ Loft menu command. In the
Creation Method rollout, click the Get Shape button and then click the cross-section spline.
3. Open the Modify panel, and under the Skin Parameters rollout, turn off the Contour and Banking
options.
4. In the Deformations rollout, click the Scale button. In the Scale Deformation dialog box that
opens, use the Insert Corner Point button to create a new point at roughly 75. Switch to the Move
Control Point button and drag the new point downward to create an effect such as tying them
together, as shown in Figure 27.23.
FIGURE 27.23
Drapes that have been modeled using a Loft object

Loft objects versus surface tools
You can create compound Loft objects completely from 2D shape splines: One open spline is typically used
as the Loft path, and other, closed splines are used as the cross sections. You can have several different cross

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