What plugin do you need next for 3DS Max?

obliviboy

Hey guys it's Marius.

I've been working the last couple of weeks on some modifiers for 3DS Max.

The first one is a DynaMesh modifier. It is like dynamesh from zbrush.

The second one is a ShrinkWrap modifer. It takes the vertices from one mesh and projects them the other mesh based on normals or closest surface point. It can be used for re-topology, making cloth, skin sliding etc.

The last one is the TopoRelax modifier. It relaxes a mesh and it tries to keep the volume of the mesh as best as possible unlike the normal relax which shrinks the mesh.

Now please cast your vote in the pool above for which plugin to do want released first or give other suggestions for plugins in a post.

obliviboy

Here is a sneak peek of TopoRelax.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewcdnIjeeuw"]TopoRelax 1.0 - YouTube[/ame]

PolyHertz

Dynamesh for max? I don't get it, you can already add/remove geo from meshs (that's the whole point of the program).

SpeCter

I think he means the automatic retopology which takes place when you use dynamesh.

obliviboy

PolyHertz wrote: »

Dynamesh for max? I don't get it, you can already add/remove geo from meshs (that's the whole point of the program).

You can use it to make a quad mesh out of triangle mesh and then take it into mubox and sculpt it.

SpeCter wrote: »

I think he means the automatic retopology which takes place when you use dynamesh.

Yes thats what i mean.

obliviboy

I released TopoRelax. It's here http://www.mariussilaghi.com/toporelax.htm

mLichy

Why not Dynamesh as well?

Edit: Oh, its not free.

shawnolson

I got TopoRelax today. I'll have to play with it more to get a feel for it... but in my quick test of taking a standard Capsule primitive and applying the TopoRelax modifier... I could never keep the basic shape... Attached is a sampling of a capsule using the toporelax... far left is original and the ones to the right have different TopoRelax iteration values.

Seems like it needs a little refinement

Mark Dygert

DynaMesh Modifier?
That could be useful but I probably wouldn't use it all that often.

ShrinkWrap Modifer?
There are already a few scripts and plug-ins that do this. MaxRetopo, WrapIt, Paul Hormis's Conform Wrap script. They aren't modifiers but then I don't see any advantage to them if they where modifier based instead.

TopoRelax Modifer?
This I could use, but probably not enough to justify buying it. I already use the handful of plug-ins above and have a pretty good retopo workflow going.

mLichy

A good/awesome modifier would be a Chamfer Modifier. Like this, but a modifier.

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/quad-chamfer