max: UV relax problems

obson

hey guys, I'm having trouble with the uv relax tool in max 8. It doesn't seem to be relaxing stuff evenly. Just trying it on a single poly will relax it to the wrong shape. For example, a Long rectangular poly it makes more box like so the uvs are stretched.

I tried loading another model and it works fine, so it seems to be specific to the file. Anyone else encounter this?

ironbearxl

http://www.microcan.nl/uvHelp/uvHelpV2.zip - this will help you tremendously, and it works on single polys too by adjusting the scale.

motives

max 8 relax owns microcan.. So no need for that one imo.

Maybe try reset x-form for the model? sounds like it has some messed up transformations when the poly's act up like that.

You can also try hack it and flip the uv-piece in the uv editor and then relax

obson

thanks for the responses guys. Neither of those seemed to work though motives. Luckily, the object isn't too complex so it isn't a huge deal doing it by hand, just bit more tedious

Eric Chadwick

Max 8's relax and UVHelp are both still pwned by the ancient DeepUV's relax, which would solve your problem in a jiffy.

Rhinokey

make sure you are in relax by face, and not edge angle, i find that makes it work a lot better,

i personaly prefer max 8's over deep uv,, mostly just because of not haivng to deal with 2 programs, i verry rarely have any issues in max where it won't work

fr0gg1e

Try also to flip your UVs, Max have a bug and screw the relax process when UVs are fliped for some reasons, fliping them makes it works like a charm