Hi there, on roughly the same topic: is there an easy way to transfer via MaxScript the edge selection from edit poly object to unwrap UVW modifer? I'm a masxcript newbie, and want to hack a quick tool that helps with UVing: 1. select the edges that are going to be seams in EDIT POLY (NOT Uwrap UVW, I hate it's selection…
I'm not on the computer right now. I discovered if I exported the model (after applying the hard edges script), as an obj with its normals checked, then reimported. These errors were gone as it "locked" the normals for the model along the hardened edges versus using smoothing groups. So the visual errors that having…
Its convoluted but here is what you need to do for hardening uv islands. Download Matts Turbo tools http://www.matthewlichy.com/turboTools.html Download Pier J's Edgesmooth http://edgesmooth.pjanssen.nl/ Install both. Under Customize User Interface in the UV tools, look for one called "Open Edge Select". Add that to one of…