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SmoothSplit
MaxScript Release 0.1 Beta Source (12/17/1998)
Copyright (c) 1998 by Borislav Petrov, Bobo's Rendert**ls. |
SHORT DESCRIPTION
SmoothSplit lets you create an EditableMesh copy of
any number of objects and split the mesh into elements based on smoothing
groups.
Useful when applying VertexColor lighting to objects.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The utility creates a copy of every selected
object, collapses it to EMesh and goes through the smoothing groups of
every single face. It then creates Elements (Continuous Face groups of
faces using common vertices) of faces sharing the same smoothing groups.
When more than 1 group is applyed (0-32 possible), the highest number encountered
is used. The original objects remain untouched. You can save the new Meshes
to a new file for future VertexColor calculations.
The image shows 3 copies of the same Torus
with Segment Smoothing checked.
The bottom one was exploded using EditMesh/Explode
, Threshold 1.0
The middle is the original after applying
VertexColors - Smoothing groups inforamtion is lost.
The top one has been split by SmoothSplit
and looks identical to the original even with VertexColor lighting.
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Version 0.1 BETA