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Re: Using shapes for topology
In max I normally start out with a basic shape and then pile on modifiers on top of it then when it comes time to generate the low, I copy it and remove the higher level modifiers. Or I remove a bunch of loops and details from the high. Also nothing wrong with creating new geometry over the surface of the high poly. Max… -
Re: Make wires 3Dmax
I'm no expert but what i would probably try is to make splines for the direction of thebranches. Then make some long and curled helixes, add an path deform modifier to each and assign the splines as paths. Then perhaps convert the helixes to editable spline and tweak in the irregularities via soft selection. Or maybe give… -
Re: Lost connect edge
its the shortcut override toggle button and its within the main menu of 3dsmax. If you enable it it forces shortcuts that are modifier specific or tool specific over the default interface shortcuts. This is sometimes required so that shortcuts for example in the UV editor work or in the Edit Poly modifier. Its really… -
Re: Sci-Fi Train Interior
@SasoChicken: Sure thing. Here's a wireframe render of my current scene (I've modified a bit of asset placement and have been working on piping. Still lots of work to do.) Some progress shots: Still need to do some wall piping, cabling, cluttering and also noticed that the end of the hallway needs modifying so that the… -
Re: Sand crap over my 3dsmax AO bake
I've seen this issue before on my own stuff. Trying to remember what I did to fix it. mental ray seems to have problems when your low poly and high poly are perfectly coplanar and overlapping, regardless of cage, so maybe try dropping something like a Push modifier, slide it underneath your Projection modifier, and set it… -
Re: Issues Baking Normalmap
Are the UVs in two different channels, and you want them in the same channel? Or are you simply combining two meshes into a single entity? In Max the latter happens automatically, the two UVs are combined as well. The former is fairly simple too, add a UVW Unwrap modifier set to channel 1 and another set to channel 2, then… -
Re: Does it even matter anymore when it comes to what 3D app to use for portfolio?
Senior industry HS artists from what I've seen and/or followed, (...just naming a few that readily come too mind - Tim Bergholz, Hamish Ames and also Karol Miklas) in particular, had worked with open source apps for many years so guessing back in the day having an agnostic aptitude would still get your stuff published… -
Blender hole arrangement
I'm trying to model something similar to this: What I'm trying to do is to create a single cylinder for the holes, and then use a combination of array/mirror to create the pattern, which is hexagonal. However I can't figure out how to do it, or even if this approach is possible. The whole point of this exercise is to keep… -
3DS Max bend issues
Hey poly count i have run into a slight problem while using Max, i need to apply a bend modifier so that my object makes a nice U (ish) shaped curve. When i apply the bend modifier it pushes the faces of each side of the object in different directions crossing them over and giving an annoying as hell affect. Anyone ever… -
PathDeform (WSM) deforming my object?
Hello, I'm trying to use the PathDeform (WSM) modifier in 3ds Max 2010 on a spine like collection of cubes. I want the cubes themselves to be rotated 360 degrees UP a line spline, which is does for the most part, except in the process of rotating it also deforms the cubes themselves. I know I could always do this manually,…
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