From an ongoing discussion on this thread - http://polycount.com/discussion/164254/maya-surface-based-asset-generation#latest - in which @Fansub first demoed his Shapeshifter tool for Maya - which us Max users drooled over - it turned out that @Polyhertz mentioned, humbly and nonchalantly :) , that he had created a script…
@Mossbros yes I'm sure there's more going on behind the scenes in the script but the inset before chamfer is the trick it seems. The script is encrypted so I really don't know Polyhertz's secret. :)
@perna The script acts as a barrier that 'pushes' back the many n-gons created by the boolean geo. It adds an inset based on smoothing groups before the chamfer operation. So it essentially reroutes the shitty topology into a clean inset. Why this hasn't already been added as a feature of the chamfer mod I'll…
Hey guys! Wow at this response. I didn't realize people wanted this so much, I mean it's not that complex of script really. For those that are asking for copies of it, the one I sent @musashidan still needs some work before being ready for release. I'll finish it up and post a copy on Gumroad soon. :) @Mossbros…