3ds Max Turbosmooth issue

Ghostman511 · Jan 2014

Hey PC. I'm relatively knew to 3ds Max. I'm used to working in Maya and subd modelling for my high-poly work. I'm trying to get adjusted to 3ds Max and I keep coming upon an issue where when I turbo smooth my edges aren't averaging out, they are staying sharp. Hopefully this picture will help clarify what I mean. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas to why this is happening?

Please Help!!!

Thanks!

Bartalon · Jan 2014

Would those sharp edges happen to be creased? The crease setting is under Edge selection mode. Select the questionable edges and check the crease value. If it's set to a high value, it will cause the problem you are having. Default is 0.

Wozner · Jan 2014

Check if all verts are connected, if not - use weld in poly or mesh mode. Also before applying turbosmooth always assign ResetXform. You may find ResetXform in "Utilities" menu

Ghostman511 · Jan 2014

Thanks for getting back to me so quick guys

@Bartalon: I checked the crease settings for those edges and they are all at 0

@Wozner: Verts are all connected. I just reset the xform and still had the same issue.

I had applied a turbo smooth to the same object a few steps back and didn't have the issue. I deleted the turbosmooth stack and continued to work on the mesh. Could that have caused this issue?

huffer · Jan 2014

Yeah, 3Ds Max is weird like that. Sometimes you have to convert your object to Editable Mesh and back to Editable Poly (copy/paste your modifiers if needed), usually solves any of these smoothing issues.

I also encountered them when using the Cut tool, or in the middle edges when applying Symmetry or when capping a border - seems like some creases are added or just don't update.

Wozner · Jan 2014

Strange. Well if you could provide the piece of problem mesh, I will try to find out what happened, when I get home.

Ghostman511 · Jan 2014

Thanks again for you guys taking the time to help me out.

@huffer: I managed to fix it by moving the mesh to a new file. I believe that changed it to an editable mesh and then I'm used to working in editable poly so I ended up using your fix unintentionally :P

@Wozner: If you're still interested in checking out the file here you go
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105486834/870_14.max

Thanks!

Pac_187 · Jan 2014

Adding an "STL Check" modifier after the 'Editable Poly' will fix the problem.
You can then collapse it as well, this will turn the Editable Poly into a Editable Mesh but you can convert it to Editable Poly again with a Edit Poly modifier.

Modifier madness, hehe :P

Ghostman511 · Jan 2014

@Pac_187 okay awesome thanks for the tip man I'll try that next time I have an issue. Lol that is a lot of modifiers! hah

3ds Max Turbosmooth issue

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