3Ds Max >> MultiRes ??

TSM

So, in a rush I found that multires is great for generating MESSY (but accurate) 'low poly' versions of a high res mesh. It's very fast to generate it, but it's super super messy.

So, my question...

My high res is very neat, pretty evenly spaced quads, so is there a plugin or an 'updated' mutlires that simply removed a certain % of ordered quads, so my low res looks somewhat neat so I can go and tweak a bit?

Mutlires seems to just 'weld' verts ... <shrug>

Thanks.

Eric Chadwick

Nope.

Though Polycruncher or Meshlab might give you better results.

TSM

Thanks Eric, I'll check them out.

TSM

Meshlab worked much better - still a messy mesh, but 100% cleaner. Thanks Eric!

MoP

Meshlab works really well if you use Quadric Edge Collapse With Texture, you can set it up to preserve a texture boundaries more than interior faces, so you end up with a more predictable mesh for LODs and stuff without completely wrecking the UV layout.

TSM

A bit off topic from the thread, but, I'm going through max plugins.de and can't find a plugin that 'straightens verts' like some UV tools do on the UV layouts (I want it in 3D space with the model).

Does one exist?

Eric Chadwick

Orionflame does this, though latest versions aren't free. Here's a pic from the help file.
http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/images/orionflame4_average.gif

Polyboost does it too I think.

Mark Dygert

Chris Kubisch has a 3D straighten maxscript.
http://www.luxinia.de/index.php/ArtTools/3dsmax