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Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
If you have mirrored the UV's, which it looks like you did, one side of that object is always going to be inverted, causing the relax operation not to function correctly. Start by completely laying the UVs out flat with nothing overlapped and then stitch both sides together where it meets at the top, and then running… -
3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
Hello. I think I'm going to loose my mind soon! I have unwrapped a pretty simple model,Now when i try to relax some parts of the mesh it destroy it completely. Strage enough its just a few parts that doesn't relax correctly! Is there any script for 3ds max 2010 that works better then the original or a relax tool?I have… -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
It's probably relaxing poorly now because there are holes in the shells. If you welded the broken off parts, into the holes it would probably relax a little better. Also remember that you can turn on soft select and relax a few verts at a time. Doing this sometimes helps with trouble areas. -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
3dsMax has multiple ways of relaxing (edge angles or face angles for example) just dig with the checkboxes and spinners in the relax dialog. Your 3d model doesn't look that complicated so just a planar map might do the trick as well. Good 3rd party tools are Headus UVlayout and the free roadkill to unwrap your model using… -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
Why do you need to relax those UVs? I don't see any real stretching. -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
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Have you tried relaxing the problem shells separately? Sometimes it produces different results when multiple shells are selected at once. I don't fully understand the technical reasons, but it seems to make a difference. -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
The shells that are distorting are inverted and its attempting to flip them over as it relaxes. In the UV editor if you go poly mode > Main Menu > Select > Select Inverted it will highlight the shells that need to be flipped. You can then use the Mirror tool to flip those shells. -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
Ya, I'd guess it's because of the holes. Max has issues with rings of UVs with nothing in the middle. A little extra work, but you could select those faces in the UV editor, collapse the stack, go into poly mode and those should be selected. Detatch, cap the holes, edit UVs, relax, collapse, delete the temp geo, and merge… -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
thanks all! The strange thing is that only one side is destorted when running the relax tool! The other side has holes in it too ,Hm anyway i will try that but this isnt speed modeling/textureing :) Im always run into some kind of issue !I might be something wrong but this kind of shape always go bezerk ,And its often i… -
Re: 3ds max UV relax problem,any alternatives?
first have a look at your topology. for the relax tool, long and thin faces are poison. (for vertex lighting if used also btw.) mixed up with a couple of holes and/or the already mentioned mirroring of the uv coords, its a guaranteed fail. try to set up a clean geometry at the expense of some more polys. get a mesh like i…
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