Maya bevel problem

[andy4729]

Right, I have an odd problem with the bevel tool in Maya. I'm making a fairly simple chair and when I try to bevel the seat part of the chair (and all the other parts), this happens:

Before bevel:



After bevel:



It looks like the faces are gone but I can still select them. Any ideas?

[MrBlackspoon]

thats 1 big nasty n-gon you have there m8

[marks]

Its planar though, so as long as it stays on its own smoothing group its totally okay.

[andy4729]

It's ok in what sense?

What's actually happening when I hit bevel and this is happening?

[Ale]

Are you sure you are selecting the edges you want to bevel ? Just right click > select edges and click the first edge and double click the next to select the loop, then goto your bevel settings and choose what you need.

[andy4729]

Ahh, that was my problem. I was selecting the whole object and beveling rather than just certain edges (which normally works OK tbh, but not in this case). I selected certain edges and here's my result: