[Maya script] Max style turn edge

funshark

Something we found today..
Maybe people already knows but since everyone always complaining about the quad/tri system of Maya, that may help.

https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/marketplace/scripts-plugins/modeling/poly-tools/c/max-style-turn-edge-for-maya

Eric Chadwick

Thanks for this! Learning Maya right now, this could come in handy.

Mark Dygert

Thanks I'll have to give it a spin when I'm using Maya next, really missed this feature when modeling in Maya.

So if you turn the script off it re-triangulates back to the way it was? Or it defines the edge so it stays facing the right way?
Does it work on n-gons?

Meh... have to try it out.

claydough

.in polygon options turn on face triangles.
.go in to turn edge mode.
.turn the triangulation of a quad.
.exit turn edge mode.

And the face triangle display still shows the triangulation of a quad reverting back to it's original state?

edit: and if not reverted ( face triangle ), the face is instead triangulated to fit ( an edge is added )?

Maya 2008


It seems unlikely that a script could change Maya topology behavior?
maybe I am missing something?
Otherwise there are plenty of general edge turning scripts. And as much will be built into 2011.