Relax tool in 3DS Max doesn't work well

Deniell

Hello everyone. I want to unwrap my model but I have problem with one piece. Relax tool in most case can do the job but in this situation it doesn't do anything or it will make worse. Even when I want to use relax on one simple polygon, it will stratch like crazy. This is before relaxand this is after I really don't know where could be the problem. I tried another pieces (not everyone though) and these were fine. I also tried pelt but it's not giving the best result too. Please help guys. Thank you.

If anyone would have time and mood I can send the file.

Ghogiel

Did you reset transforms before UVing? right click the scale tool at the top to see if any of the dimensions have something other than 100

Eric Chadwick

Reset Xform, yes. 

Also, in the Edit UVW menu Select, use the option that selects inverted polygons. If the UV is inverted then Relax can cause distortion.

3rd thing to try, there are three Relax options to try. Polygons, Centers, Edges.

Deniell

Many thanks to you guys. Resex Xform solved the problem.

Empierius

Thank you so much for the reset X-form idea. I wish there was a tutorial on how we mess this up and how to keep it from getting messed up in the future. I have never had this problem myself, but students keep having this error. I've had reset x-form explain once, but a better answer would be helpful. Thank you again for the help!