3ds Max to Mudbox edge creases

|MM|

I'm trying to get Mudbox to import 3ds max's edge crease information but it doesn't seem to work.
Does it work for you guys?
I'm using Mudbox 2012 SAP and 3ds max 2012.

passerby

just pre subdivid the mesh before sending to mudbox.

|MM|

And how is that going to help me?

passerby

set up your edge creasing how you want, than apply the subdivision, and import that into mudbox?

just make sure there is enough subdivision that mudbox dosnt smooth it out more than you want.

not that hard you need quite a few subdivision anywasy to sculpt so you might as well do a few of them in max so you can keep your shape first.

|MM|

If I wanted to crease it manually with support edges I would do just that.
The problem is I want to get creases working and none of your post seems to be adressing the issue.
Do they work for you?

fr0gg1e

Do you have Mudbox 2012 SAP?
If Yes: go to smoothing option box, there is plenty of things to address this "issue" (it's a feature now). Read the documentation regarding this as all options are doing different stuff.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH0qUgZkI9Q"]hard edges support in mudbox 2012 SAP - YouTube[/ame] video from Oglu demoing the thing in action.
If no: you're screwed and you have to wait for Mudbox 2013.

|MM|

Do you have Mudbox 2012 SAP?

Did you even bother to read my first post?

there is plenty of things to address this "issue" (it's a feature now)

Please spare me this pointless bantering.
I've read the article in documentation, tried all the checkboxes in subdivision options and hard edges when exported through fbx exporter rather than "send to mudbox" do work.
So I doesn't seem to be a Mudbox problem.

WarrenM

What's with the aggression? They're just trying to help you.

|MM|

I appreciate your time guys, I was hoping somebody would have had the same problem
and a possible solution.
Giving me advice to subdivide my mesh manually or joking around about a bug beeing a feature doesn't help me at all.

oglu

its working here... have you installed the latest fbx plugin...
think its 2012.2 or so...

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=10775855&siteID=123112

|MM|

Yes I've installed it already and as I said hard edges work when exported through
fbx exporter but not through "send to mudbox".

Could you possibly share a max file that works for you?

Edit: And also, how did you crease your edges?

oglu

im working with maya and i dont use the send to feature...
ive tested it once with max and it worked,.. but also exported by hand...
ive used smoothing groups in max for the hard edges...

|MM|

Slum

I wonder how many people here have read this and have an answer, but your attitude is keeping them from wanting to help.

Just something to think about.

|MM|

I guess you're right, but that's just how I am.
I am pissed when someone doesn't even bother reading my posts
cause when I try to help anyone I start with listening to them in the first place.
It seems like the right thing to do.
It looks like no one has this issue anyway (or uses this feature) , I think I should try my luck with some mudbox specific forum.

If you have a working 3ds Max to Mudbox connection with working creases (not just hard edges for god's sake) please let me know if I'm doing something wrong.

passerby

Just work around it like i said before there our solutions to get models with nice edges into mudbox or zbrush, such as sending in a already subdivided mesh, which when you think about it is not really a big loss since you will end up using that geometry anyways in the sculpting process and prolly subdivide a few more times in mud/zbrush to get even more geometry to work with.