Low poly Max issues in Edit Poly

easterislandnick · Feb 2012

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In edit poly I can't do a weld similar to above in max. Is it because it does not like the topology created? I am trying to weld hair planes to a low poly character and can only do it in stinky edit mesh. If I do the weld in edit mesh and convert to edit poly then the offending tris are separated! Any ideas?

DeadlyFreeze · Feb 2012

You need an open edge, which is why you can't do it in poly. Mesh might let you but your just creating a isolated face which is bad.

There's no reason to bother welding it. When you skin it the envelope will catch all the vertices if you've snapped them together.

easterislandnick · Feb 2012

I want to smooth across all the faces though. I don't see why an isolated face would be bad?

Bruno Afonseca · Feb 2012

You can use the Edit Normals modifier to smooth them out

MeintevdS · Feb 2012

Isolated face is bad because it can't be subdivided properly by max. Sharing 1 edge with 3 faces will always give you smoothing/normal issues.

easterislandnick · Feb 2012

But why can it do it in edit mesh? Smooths fine. If your making 500 tri characters every vert counts, especially when it comes to animating those verts on an iPhone!

Noors · Feb 2012

Because edit mesh and edit poly don't work the same way.
You could model it in mesh, though you should check how your exporter treat it.
Or in poly and use the edit normals modfier to unify the smoothing.

easterislandnick · Feb 2012

It exports fine, its just a shame there's nicer tools in poly than mesh. Was edit poly designed mainly with sub-d modelling in mind?

Low poly Max issues in Edit Poly

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