Can't smooth edges in Maya

Jhburton

Hi guys,

I exported my UDK terrain mesh as an OBJ file, and when I import it into maya, I can't seem to soften Normals... I've tried unlocking normals, deleting history.... Its getting really frustrating! any ideas!??!

Zocky

hm, hard to tell, there are many possibilities....is it possible that vertices are not merged? Maybe you have 2 or more vertices on the same place, but not combined? Also, did you set the angle at wich they get smoothned?

I think it would be best for starters, if you make it that border edges are much thicker, that way, you can see if there are some weird things going in with geometry.

Jhburton

haha you were right... for some reason when I exported form UDK, all the verts were not meged... as soon as I merged them it work! Thanks so much man!

Zocky

no problem, happened to me too, and not just once. :P