Smoothing Groups Not Updating in Max

Zipfinator

I'm trying to change the smoothing groups on this model to get a better bake but they won't update or change at all. I've tried resetting X-Form and deleting the material and a few other things but it won't fix it. The only thing that let me change the smoothing groups and have it show was putting the 3-point shader onto the model but that doesn't transfer when I export to OBJ.

EDIT: Fixed it. Had to convert to Editable Patch and then back to Editable Poly. It triangulates the mesh but everything is back to normal otherwise. Pretty sure the problem was caused by importing it as an OBJ though.

Svennovich

Throwing a normal modifier and editpoly modifier should also do the trick!

McGreed

And you can try using the modifier Quadify Mesh to remove the triangulation. Just do NOT rightclick the scale arrows, its kinda kinda turbosmooth, you suddenly got TONS of quads

poopipe

Reset form, turn to poly , edit normal (reset) collapse to poly.

Is the safest way to sort this.

Ehsan Gamer

I had this problem sometimes . What I did was silly but working just select the whole Elements and make a copy of it and then delete the old one . the new one worked for me !

ThinkKlinck

Ehsan Gamer wrote: »

I had this problem sometimes . What I did was silly but working just select the whole Elements and make a copy of it and then delete the old one . the new one worked for me !

Same