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1. Re: Sub-d tip: Perfect 8 sided cylinders from quads

   

   Reply by Noth · Dec 2017 · Home› Technical Talk

   Bringing this back from the dead as none of my attempts to use scripts I've found online work. Can anyone point me in the direction of a "Convert Ring to Perfect Circle" type script for Maya? Thanks!

2. Re: Sub-d tip: Perfect 8 sided cylinders from quads

   

   Reply by Bryan Cavett · Feb 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I like to use this script http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/loop-regularizer I think it works better than the graphite loop tools options. (Im just guessing your using max... looks like it in the shots)

3. Re: Sub-d tip: Perfect 8 sided cylinders from quads

   

   Reply by AXiao · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I believe he was using this script for XSI http://maxfoxlab.com/mx_roundish.html

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   Reply by ceebee · Feb 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Is there an equivalent of these scripts/tools for Maya? I'm not sure if it's built in and I just haven't found it yet or something.

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   Reply by WarrenM · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   For completeness, Seneca has a script for Modo users called "Perfect Circle". Works great for this sort of thing!

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   Reply by SPYFF · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the tip! I think this is the faster method to make circular edges, and dont use any script or special steps to make it. Great!

7. Re: Sub-d tip: Perfect 8 sided cylinders from quads

   

   Reply by EarthQuake · Feb 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   You can get a script for most apps as well to "make circular" so you dont have to worry about scaling yourself.

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   Reply by AXiao · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   seems like there's a script for it for maya, but cant find it anywhere :\ [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV4mdX56YTw"]geopoly 1.4 - YouTube[/ame] would love to know how to do that in Maya!

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   Reply by AlecMoody · Feb 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I haven't tried any of those scripts but with spherify won't it move the other 4 verts as well creating a smaller circle and possible disturbing other topology? edit: actually it doesn't it just breaks the interior edge topology

10. Re: Sub-d tip: Perfect 8 sided cylinders from quads

    

    Reply by dtschultz · Apr 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

    That's really cool. I just tried it with the script Bryan Cavett linked to, and I get the same results. Between that and geopoly you guys just saved me a good bit work. Thanks! I used to do it more like what Alec described, which is fine on perfectly flat surfaces, but it can get really tricky.