grooves on a ball

Hi,

I'm trying to model some curves on a ball in 3ds max. I used a sphere and a spline, merged them by shapemerge modifier. If the edge of the resulted mesh is selected and extruded (or beveld) the edge deforms.

Can someone help me to find out how to make grooves on a ball or sphere?  ???

best regards,

tee

???What kind of Grooves, the hexagonal dual-colored patterns you mean?

have you tried using a displacement modifier?