Trying to cut a hole in a sphere

[mel-field]

i have just started using Maya and i am trying to cut a circular hole in the side of a sphere and have a tube (extruded cylinder) placed into the hole and combined. I have learned about combining meshes and polygons. i tried the boolean options every way i could think. it either deletes all but the part of the tube that was inside the main sphere or deleting end of straw or main sphere. I know it is probably a simple thing to do but i am stumped. the straw fits into one larger face on front of sphere.

So my question is. is there an easy way to create a hole or am i going to have to move, scale, adjust each edge, wertice, etc.

*note-i would like to have the hole fit perfectly around the straw (ext. cylinder). Like a juice box or capri sun.

any tips are much appreciated.

[joojaa]

No. And this approach will not work with polygons*. Sorry just not the way they work. YOu need to rebuild the entire sphere to match suite.

I know it is probably a simple thing to do but i am stumped. the straw fits into one larger face on front of sphere.

Its porbably about 20 levels harder than you assume it to be.

• you cant go around thinking ok now i have this shape and all i need is hole in it. No the hole is a integral part of the overal layout of ALL THE POLYGONS next to the hole, because theese affect he polygons next to them you need t go even further untill you can mitigate the effect welle nough. See the basic problem si that polygons arent what they seem to be. They are something else.

Use nurbs.