The first thing we want to do is create a new layer for all of our handguard pieces. So making sure that we've got all of our handle pieces sorry selected, we wanted to create a new layer and rename this hand handle. Perfect. I can rename each of these, each of these pieces as well. We can replace the cylinder with handle all of these pieces to know what we're dealing with when we want to find these pieces again. Excellent. And the next thing that we want to do now is creating a new layer and name this layer. So to generate the handguard, the first thing we want to do is go back to our Create tab. And let's start with another cylinder, Cisco with another cylinder. By completing our lesson, you will learn how to create the handguards.

Why is 3ds Max so expensive?
it's so costly because it isn't a toy that you mess about with for a weekend; it's a professional 3d animation package.
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