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1. Why are my edges shifting during animation?

   

   Topic by PeteHawk · Oct 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   Here's a gif to explain it all. I saw the texture snapping at first, so I triangulated it and saw what was happening. Any ideas?Is this going to be a problem if I export it as an fbx for unity?

2. Re: Why are my edges shifting during animation?

   

   Reply by monster · Oct 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   If you use the Node Editor to move the Triangulation before the Smooth Bind, you won't see it in Maya either.

3. Re: Why are my edges shifting during animation?

   

   Reply by PeteHawk · Oct 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   Okay cheers Eric, this is done in Maya fyi. But as long as the artifacts don't occur in the Unity engine, it's not a problem.

4. Re: Why are my edges shifting during animation?

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Oct 2014 · Home› Technical Talk

   It would help to know which software this is. In 3ds Max the Editable Poly modifier will triangulate polygons dynamically, usually trying to shift internal edges to the shortest distance between vertices. This looks like exactly what is occurring here. On export though, this dynamic surfacing system is lost, so you only…