Display vertex numbers/reordering vertices in 3ds Max?

Ahoburg

Hey, guys. I've been wondering, is there any way to somehow display vertex numbers beside them? Like in this mock-up picture:



Thing is, sometimes the import/export of meshes can screw up the vertex numbering and because of that I get various issues with copying uvs and stuff. Is there any way to display that, so I could somehow reorder vertices? Or is there some other way? Thanks.

Eric Chadwick

Better thing is to adjust your workflow to avoid this problem. Reordering vertices is a time-consuming and error-prone job.

But if you're stuck, check scriptspot.com for tools.

thomasp

check out a script called morphix for reordering: http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/morphix
as long as you still have a version of the mesh with the original vertex order, it can copy that over to the mesh with the mangled one.

i don't think there's a manual way in max.

btw. if you have access to maya you might have an easier time using it's transfer attributes functionality. a real lifesaver.

Ahoburg

Hey, thx for answering. Morphix doesn't work for me, for some reason (2014 max).

Better thing is to adjust your workflow to avoid this problem. Reordering vertices is a time-consuming and error-prone job.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Still, I was curious if there's a way to do it, if I ever need it in the future.