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Re: Nicks Thread of work and Crapness
Sorry, this is incorrect. This artifact is 100% preventable and predictable. Whether it was a 40 degree angle or 120 degree angle, having a hard edge on the low poly model without splitting the UVs is what causes the problem in Nate's image. You can get rid of the artifact by either removing the hard edges on the low poly… -
Surface Normals in Max
Hi I got a question the other day about max. "how do i make a hard edge in Max" You got several choices really: - Smoothing groups - Detatch to element - Split What i found quite odd was that in Maya you would just have to select the edge and normals>Harden edge. Wouldn't that be great if it was like that in Max as well?… -
Automating quad topology for dense meshes (workflow discussion)
I’ve been working on quad remeshing workflows for animation and game assets, specifically around edge flow consistency and deformation safety. Most automatic remeshers are fine for previews, but I kept running into problems on denser meshes where diagonals and uneven flow made rigging unpredictable. Below is a before/after… -
3D Max scripting dilemma (Calling multiple scripts via functions).
Hey, I've been searching through some of these threads for a solution, and whilst i've found some variation of the issue i'm having trouble getting my head around the answers given. At the moment, I have a .mcr container script that look like this: /* Load .ms files */fileIn "fn01_backfaceToggle.ms"fileIn… -
Re: The "ultimate trim" technique from Sunset Overdrive
I made my reference normal map by baking down a beveled cube. Of course for UE4 you'll need to pick from the top side for the bottom normals and the bottom side for the top normals. It works 100% correctly with 90 degree angle hard edges only--otherwise you'll get a slightly wrong result if you use e.g. 70 degree hard… -
Re: smoothing groups on maya ?
Hi, your hard surface workflow is obsolete, now artists use the rounded edge shader (aka bevel shader) of Blender Cycles 2.79.1+ (free) or Modo, VRay, Houdini and Redshift because it works with every topology so you can use substract booleans modifiers everywhere and it works great with text too. The meshes gets rounded… -
Re: How to retypologise collectly
This may depend.. top and right with additional edges; inside bevel via control loops could be "sharper".. -
Re: Maya "Connect" tool ?
if you want to put in multiple edge loops use the insert edge loop tool. it works like max's swiftloop but in the options you can enter in multiple subdivisions (up to 10 i believe). though there is no way to pinch or slide them like in max. SOMETIMES if i place down 2 edge loops using that method and then switch to the… -
Re: 3d modeling help - Avoid pinching in 3d models
I'm not sure what you mean by pinching exactly but I have some general knowledge about the subdivision workflow you seem to be using. Subdivision wants to smooth everything out by placing new edges mathematically in the middle of the edges that are already there, and by moving the edges you have already placed to create a… -
[WIP] - Maya - Rapid Select Tool
Version Edit: Script should work now w/o any editing._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I've been working on a script for rapidly selecting every n edge, and would like to get some feedback and suggestions on the script itself, and its potential future features. I would like to both gauge its…
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