Modify Mesh

[context-employ]

Greetings;
I'm trying to figure out the best CD4 (ver R21) tool to cleanly modify an existing polygon mesh.
In my example, I'm trying to modify a character to look pregnant, like pushing a sphere from the inside. Since it will be used for a morph, the polygon indexes must stay the same. I tried using the brush tools but I get a "lumpy" mess. If I could start with a simple sphere, I could smooth it into shape.

Bruce.

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Bruce,

Please have a look here:
CV4_r21_drs_23_MOdf_01.c4d

Besides that, the typical modeling way would be to use a soft selection in Point Mode. Then pull and scale the points in the direction you like to have.

The Softselection:
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/r21/us/index.html#TOOLLIVESELECTION-MDATA_SOFTSELECTION

All the best

[context-employ]

Thanks Dr. Sassi, that works Great!

[Dr. Sassi]

Thanks for the feedback, Bruce!

My best wishes for your project

Cheers.