Model Optimization - Game Character Development with Maya - page 289

FIGURE 5.14 Continue removing the sash from the back.
We are finished with her waist for now, so let's concentrate on her thighs before moving
down the legs. There are a few shallow angles here but we will not remove all of them.
1. Select just the edges across the center of the thigh ( Figure 5.15 , left) and collapse
them, giving us the results seen in Figure 5.15 , right.
FIGURE 5.15 Collapse the central row of edges across the thighs.
2. At the very front of both knee areas, under the ridges of her knees, there is a small
quad ( Figure 5.16 , top). It does not help either the shape or the deformation, so we
can remove it, leaving the knees as shown in Figure 5.16 , bottom.