Relax edge loop?

Tulkamir · Feb 2006

Hey, I'm working in maya, and I'm pretty much wondering if there is a function for edge loops/verticies that does the same thing as relax UV's? I have a few edge loops on my model that are a bit wonky, and while I can go in and rework them all that takes a lot of time for something that should be a relatively simple function...?

Anyways, if there is a tool that does that, I can't find it.

Thanks for the help!

Daz · Feb 2006

I'm not sure If this is what you're looking for, but often If I have a surface that is a little on the bumpy side for my liking, I'll grab the verts in that area and hit polygons>average vertices. In concept it's very similiar to relaxing.

pyromania · Feb 2006

Select your edge loop than convert it to vertices with Edit Polygon>>Selection>>Convert selection to vertices. Then you can use the Polygons>>Average Vertices tool which has a similar effect as relax UV. Or with the vertices selected you can use the Edit Polygons>>Sculpt geometry tool set to Smooth.

Tulkamir · Feb 2006

Excellent, thank you both very much.

Shady-D · Feb 2006

hmm any function like this for 3dsmax?

thomasp · Feb 2006

of course. polysculpt or polymagus script, not sure which one had it in there. very fast as long as you're using max5 and beyond.

since my max version doesn't have built-in (and useful) uv-relax, i use this prior to unwrapping and morph the mesh back into the original shape afterwards.

Shady-D · Feb 2006

Cool, ill try it out soon. Thanks!

Relax edge loop?

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