3ds Max 2017 texel density question

floon

Hey there,
a quick question for the people that already migrated/have experience with 3ds Max 2017.
I'm still using the 2012 version at work and now looking into upgrading to 2017.
Therefore I fiddled around with the new version it for a while and I am baffled:

Is there still no function to equalizing texel density across multiple - unattached objects?

Also with multiple shells with in one object  I can only equalize all shells to each other, but not selected shells to a reference shell.
So if I have already textured one shell, then add new ones and I want to even the destiny, I then have to eyeball the already textured shells, because the scale positioning changed.

Am I just overlooking some buttons? Or do I really need to install textools once again... if that even works.

EliasWick

Hey,

There is kind of a solution:
If you apply a UVW Map you can Aquire the Texel Density from another objects with an active UVW Map in it's stack. I have not tried this, so I don't know if it works.

Regarding Texel Density, I have an issue of my own that you might be able to help me with: http://polycount.com/discussion/185599/texel-density-3ds-max-unreal-engine-4#latest

JGallagher

Apply a MapScaler modifier to all the objects you want yo have the same texel density. 

Obscura

JGallagher said:

Apply a MapScaler modifier to all the objects you want yo have the same texel density. 

This is really cool! Should be added to the wiki, lol.

You may still need some cleanup if you want some details to align with floors/ceilings/edges.