Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > Modify panel > Polygon or Border sub-object level > Edit Polygons rollout >
Bridge Settings button
Select an Edit Poly or editable poly object. > Polygon or Border sub-object level > Quad menu > tools 2 quadrant > Bridge
Settings button
Use these settings for bridging pairs of edges in Interactive Manipulation mode.
Note: Bridge calculates which way the bridge polygons should face. If you bridge two edges so that the bridge goes through the object, the bridge polygons face inward. But if you create a bridge that goes through empty space, such as when connecting edges between two elements, the polygons face outward, in general. To make the bridge polygons face differently, use the Flip function.
Note: Bridging edges of two elements makes them contiguous, combining them into a single element.
Bridge lets you use existing edge selections, or pick them from the dialog. Choose one of the following:
Bridge Specific Edges—In this mode, use the Pick buttons to designate polygons or borders for bridging.
Use Edge Selection—If one or more qualifying selection pairs exist, choosing this option connects them immediately. If not, you can select pairs of sub-objects in a viewport to connect them.
Edge 1/Edge 2—Click each Pick button in turn, and then click a border edge in a viewport. Available only in Bridge Specific Edges mode.
After clicking an edge, the Pick button shows its ID number. You can change the selection at any time by clicking a Pick button and picking a different sub-object.
Segments—Specifies the number of polygons along the length of the bridge connection. This setting also applies to manually bridged edges.
Smooth—Specifies the maximum angle between columns across which smoothing can occur. A column is a string of polygons extending along the length of the bridge.
Reverse Triangulation—When bridging two edge selections each of which contains different numbers of edges, two ways of triangulating the bridge polygons are possible. This check box lets you toggle between them.
Bridge Adjacent—Specifies the minimum angle between adjacent edges across which bridging can occur. Edges less than this angle will not be bridged, and instead will be skipped.
Note: The above illustration shows, among other things, how setting Bridge Adjacent too high can cause overlapping polygons (left side of the two bottom images), which is undesirable.