Matt Griswold wrote:
I did not read your complete wall of text, but I can say that when I look at your picture, I can't tell much because I fix models in Hidden Line and not shaded. Maybe you did that for the picture? If not, I am not sure how you can see what the model is doing.
Hi Matt,
I'll show you the worst part of the model in wireframe. You can see how everything wants to join at one area and the vertices don't want to join.
I've gone back into the model I've healed so far and unfortunately have discovered distortions with my work.
I need to understand the work flow of this program before I get a handle on effectively healing a part. I can understand that certain techniques would distort a part, but I haven't discovered what I should be most careful of yet.
Sometimes there can be quite a gap between the wireframe and the surface model. Whether I need to address this or not I'm not sure.