Hide Longest Edges

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Author Name: 
Sergo Pogosyan
Version: 
1.0
Date Updated: 
03/16/2007

This script helps you to hide diagonal, oblique edges in regular patterns to make mesh consisting of the rectangular polygons.Script just hides the longest edge of the face. In most cases it's the diagonal edge if your mesh is more or less regular and was made of rectangular polygons.

Object must be an 'editable mesh'. No conversation occurs in the script.

HOWTO:
Select faces, polygons or elements with diagonal edges then press command button. Edges will be hidden and selected.

Additional Info: 

Run script from any directory by Macroscript->Run Script command

Place icon bitmap files to the maxroot/UI/Icons folder if you need button images

In Customize dialog find "Sergo Pogosyan" category and "Select and Hide Longest Edge" command

Place this command to the toolbar, menu or quad.

Version Requirement: 
3dsmax 8.0, 3dsmax 9.0
Video URL: 
AttachmentSize
HideLongestEdges.ms3.23 KB
icons.zip2.49 KB

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sergo's picture

I'm happy if this script

I'm happy if this script helps you a little, but to be true, there is much clever script for hiding diagonals. My script works well, but not in all cases.

I didn't think that this task may have such a simple solution.
Here it is - Quadrangulate
If you open this script you'll be surprised - it uses bomb spacewarp!
Great respect to Gene Crucean!

my scripts and tips/tricks:
www.sergepogosyan.com

Stokes's picture

Damned clever and dead

Damned clever and dead simple... my favorite kind of hack. I wish I'd thought of it the last time I had to script something to hide diagonals!

David "Stokes" Stokes
Technical Artist, Blue Fang Games

David "Stokes" Stokes
Senior Technical Artist, Blue Fang Games

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