Smoothing groups

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Smoothing groups don't work in 3dsmax on meshes imported from zbrush?? Hi, I have this issue with smoothing out my mesh in 3dsmax after exporting from Zbrush. I retopo my mesh in Zbrush, import it into max and magically smoothing groups stop working. The only way to smo…	3 Last	iam717 May 13 2024
Quick question about Smoothing Groups HiI have a couple of small things I want to check regarding Smoothing Groups. I'm guessing I'm correct about this, but just want to check. :)For something low poly, where no baking/Normal map is…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2023
Blender to 3Ds Max Smoothing Groups Problem Hello! In Blender, I have a mesh with properly hard edges set up and ready to export. My client asked me about the availability of smoothing groups in 3D Max. I export with Geometry>…	20 Last	Manro Feb 2023
Trouble with finer details and dynamesh [{"insert":"I am trying to model a hard surface prop using the DYNAMESH workflow. Need help in figuring out how to go about modeling and then dynameshing the circular detail (the visible black circle…	6 Last	kanga Aug 2022
Do you need smoothing groups if you have normal map? [{"insert":"Hello, I wonder if I need smoothing groups\/hard edges if I will apply normal map on model? Do I need smoothing groups\/hard edges if I am baking with cage? Without a cage?\n"}]	35 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2022
Question regarding UV unwrapping and Smoothing Groups [{"insert":"Hi\nJust a quick question regarding UV uwrapping and Smoothing Groups: we were taught to add Smoothing Groups FIRST before UV unwrapping. Is it perfectly fine to do it backwards instead? …	5 Last	Kanni3d Jan 2022
Getting strange artefact when baking low poly normals in Substance painter. I clearly haven't any clue why this is happening inside substance painter when baking low poly normals. When I am trying to Unify the normals from 3Dsmax changing the smoothing group's values.	1 Last	Babsam Nov 2021
3ds Max Material ID to Smoothing Groups Hello,I create some models in MoI 3D and want to retopologize them in 3ds Max using QuadRemesher. For QR to work properly I need to set up smoothing groups. Luckily MoI 3D exports all parts which nee…	5 Last	coven Jun 2020
How can I bake high poly detail onto a smooth surface and maintain the smoothness? Hi! I'm a student still learning Max and Substance. For a unit last year I made this however one thing that confused me was how to bake high poly detail onto the wheels whilst maintaining the sm…	1 Last	FrankPolygon Jun 2020
3ds Max to UE4 Normal/smoothing groups not exporting. Forgive the broad nature of the title, as im not sure exactly what my issue is. Essentially, a great deal of my assets are displaying like this within UE4::As it stands, each asset has:- Correct smoo…	1 Last	zachagreg Feb 2020