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1. Re: Discussion: Increasing your speed with highpoly hard-surface modeling

   

   Reply by rollin · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I wrote a script that does an auto chamfer with fixed value on the whole model. We use this for stuff that has only hard edges. Combined with an edge-radius filter you could also make scripts that chamfer only edges on sharp slopes. If you want to create very complex stuff you have to do it by hand I guess but most of the…

2. Re: Discussion: Increasing your speed with highpoly hard-surface modeling

   

   Reply by DEElekgolo · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I don't know where I got this script from but it lets you connect shapes and still maintain quads. Requires max 2010 and up. macroScript QuadConnectcategory:"BTK Scripts"Tooltip:"QuadConnect"ButtonText:"QuadConnect"( if (selection.count == 1 and classOf selection[1].baseobject == Editable_Poly) then ( local curObj =…

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   Reply by TeZzy · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   @PolyHertz: that is aswesome. thanks for the script! Honestly, maya needs some of these tools built in.

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   Reply by adam · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   rollin: Can you show the script + images on how its used or is handy for artists?

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   Reply by passerby · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   thanks for that script, PolyHertz it;s something i miss when moveing stuff back into maya since modo and voidworld just do that automatcally

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   Reply by DEElekgolo · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   what is an easy way to convert all these hotkey settings to other versions of 3ds max? I notice that XSI has an easy way to migrate settings and scripts and such but what about max?

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   Reply by passerby · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   @Mark Dygert ya the script is kinda like making your own context sensitive tools, just like silo or voidworld ones, with the exception that it dosnt check to see if the user pressed the key or held the key down.

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   Reply by Will Faucher · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Wow. This thread has tons of potential. I definitely appreciate this. I noticed we all use a ton of scripts here and there. Is there a good way to manage them all efficiently, and not having your screen cluttered like crazy at all times?

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   Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Obliviboy, the same guy who created the scripts I linked to earlier, he makes good things happen, it just costs ya. I think quad connect was one of the few free ones he released? http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85699

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    Reply by Kovac · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

    Excellent thread! Thanks a bunch for suggesting Magic Hotkey, that script is amazingly effective! I just picked up Quad Chamfer yesterday and have yet to get a lot of basic shapes working with the Parallel option. I've been emailing Marius and hopefully he can shed some light on it, otherwise I may just have a $30 chamfer…