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1. Max script question

   

   Topic by Artist_in_a_box · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I have an idea for a script, it possibly and even likely it is already out there but I wouldn't know how to go about finding it so i will ask on here for some advice. My idea is for a script that will quick planar map all the polygons of a mesh one by one. I know the flatten mapping too does something similar to this but…

2. Re: Max script question

   

   Reply by Norman3D · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   ehmm... no need to do a script for that. Just apply a UVW Mapping modifier and select "Face" instead of "Planar". Edit: Additionally, you can collapse that. Open the UVW Unwrap. Select all faces and "Relax".

3. Re: Max script question

   

   Reply by Wesley · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Yeah as Norman said, you don't really need to write this. But to answer your question, if you did write this, then... no, it wouldn't be especially hard.

4. Re: Max script question

   

   Reply by passerby · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   im confused, you want every polygon to be a separate UV island, so you can stitch them?, or your wanting it to act like the planner mapping in Silo, or the the auto unwrap in maya, where all flat surfaces come out as a island, and you can set a angle tolerance.

5. Re: Max script question

   

   Reply by Artist_in_a_box · Dec 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   cheers. I thought there was probably already a tool that did this, im just very suspicious of automated processes lol and writing my own was a way to know the ins and outs of it enough that I would trust it a little more than the rest lol. Thanks.