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Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
@kio Thanks for the script. I've used it successfully to get an FBX exported from Blender to work in Max. The automatic smoothing groups option in the FBX import settings doesn't do a perfect conversion. However with the script I am getting a ton of smoothing groups, and some faces have like 6 different smoothing groups… -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
Is this script from Kio a solution for this Max Ideas sugestion? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-ideas/explicit-normals-to-smoothing-groups/ -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
The FWN script on my page has a Smoothing Groups from UV Seams button. http://portfolio.juantwo.com/maxscripts.html -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
OH YES! This saved the day! Thank you all! The script worked magic! Sadly the many smoothing groups stands true. Since I bake with Marmo so all seams will be hard edges anyway. Is there any chance of a method like: "Make all UV islands different Smoothing Groups? " -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
I'd also like this but I don't know that it's possible. Max must be doing some math behind the scenes and assigning groups in a way that makes it possible to have hard edges that don't loop all the way around a group of polys. @kio, it's a great script, thank you. Any chance it will be turned into a modifier? -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
@monster for the max -> maya direction we use https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/lockednormals-to-hard-soft-edge-for-maya but the other way round has been a bummer :/ on smaller props this isnt much of a problem, but once you have a few thousand polys at hand you really start thinking "why I'm doing this...?" -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
@kio Glad you were able to complete this. It's a tool I didn't realize I needed. Because I just recreate the smoothing everytime I go from Max to Maya. I just thought of another solution. Check Split Per Vertex Normals when exporting from Maya. In Max select open edges, weld their verts, then press Hard. But kio's script… -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
this issue pops up at work every now and then, so Im also looking for a solution. The proposed workflow by @monster seems to be the most promising approach, so I invested some time fixing it (the selection of hard edges just doesn't work like that). So, download and rename the attachment to .ms and select an object an run… -
Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
Hey all! I'm having a bit of an issue dealing with Maya fbxes imported into Max. Meshes from Maya come in with explicit normals instead of smoothing groups, but the only way I know to change that essentially removes all smoothing info and I have to start over with smoothing groups. I would like to avoid this and find a way… -
Re: Any way to transfer explicit normals to smoothing groups in 3dsmax?
This might work. 1. Import the fbx. 2. Make sure it's an Editable Poly and run the script below to select hard edges' vertices. 3. Convert selection to edges. 4. Add Edit Poly modifier to remove explicit normals. 5. In Edit Poly set everything to one smoothing group. 6. Go into Edit Poly edge mode, selection should be…
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