How to turn two tris into a quad in max!

easterislandnick · Sep 2007

I dont know this to my shame! I had a max file corrupt and had to import it back in from unreal, unfortunatly its triangulated! Is ther any way of selecting two tris in max and forcing them to become a quad? Should be aesy right?

Cheers, nick!

EarthQuake · Sep 2007

you should be able to just click on the edge and delete it, or look for some form of edge remove. I know you can do this in modo and i'm sure theres a simple way in max.

War_Destroyer · Sep 2007

If your mesh is an editable poly object, go to your edge sub object and select the edge you want "removed" and then click "remove". It's in the Edge Sub object in the edit edges menu. If it's an editable mesh object, then go to the Edge sub object and, grab the edge you want and look for the "invisible" function.

Ott · Sep 2007

Backspace is the hotkey.

Control + Backspace to remove the edge and the verts that make up the edge.

easterislandnick · Sep 2007

Wow now thats a quick turnover! Thanks for the speedy replies!

ps Can a moderator move this post to the correct place, Im very tired and slightly stupid!

MoP · Sep 2007

No problem, moved.

I set CTRL-E to remove since it's over on the left side of the keyboard where my hand always is anyway. Easier than hitting Backspace or clicking the "Remove" button all the time.

shagspear · Sep 2007

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try Visualboos Quadrangulate

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Hey Per128, did you manage to get Visualboo's Quadrangulate script to work on MAX 9? I can't seem to be able to get it to work. Any help to get it to work would be greatly appreciated

Also, I found this method, and it works for all version of MAX :

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/beiy/tutorials/quadrangulate.html

malcolm · Sep 2007

So there is no way to do this by default then? I'm in max8 importing 3ds files yields triangulated meses it's not an option to delete these edges by hand. I would like a quadrangulate button if possible, also I don't know how to use max scripts yet am new to the program.

Mark Dygert · Sep 2007

I think this might help you out. it even has instructions on how to install and run the script

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/hide-longest-edges

Michael Knubben · Sep 2007

If it's a particularly complicated mesh and you can't install the plugin Per mentioned, try wings3d's quadify, it works pretty well. There's a navigation controls preset to match max's in the preferences, btw.

How to turn two tris into a quad in max!

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