POLYSHARP
Version:
0.4
Date Updated:
02/24/2010 This script will give you the power to easily apply your smoothing groups on editable poly with faces colouration, fast assignation from vertex to elements and face selection technique driven by smoothing groups.
Features
- Get colour that match with all smoothing groups on your object.
- Fast smoothing group selection with left mouse button click.
- Add wanted smoothing groups in your face selection with ctrl + left mouse button click.
- Substract smoothing groups in your face selection with Alt + left mouse button click.
- Give Smoothing groups to face selection by right mouse button click.
- Give smoothing groups to vertex, edges, borders, faces and elements.
- Find faces with more than 1 smoothing groups or no smoothing.
- Save a script with your object informations in case it crash in "3dsMaxFolder\Scripts\Baka's Tool\Objdata\" it will have the same name as your object, just need to select the object in your scene and run the object script.
Additional Info:
Know Bugs
- In some way I can't understand, some user can make the script crash when applying the colouration mode, or leaving it.
Installation instructions
Max 9 To 2010
- Download POLYSHARPDOTNET V0.4.rar
- Drag and Drop the folder named "Scripts" and the folder named "ui" wich is in the POLYSHARPDOTNET_V0_4.rar file in an empty space in your 3dsmax9 to 3dsmax 2010 folder.(Be careful not to drop the file on top of a folder icon in the 3dsmax 8 root folder)
- You will get a message from windows asking to Confirm Folder Replace. Click Yes to All (As it is all new files in the folder, windows will only add new stuff in the good folders.
- Now, open the 3dsmax version where you doped the files
- Go in the top Menu Customize_Customize User Interface...
- A window will open, from their, you will be able to find the script in "Category: BakaTools" it will be named "Smoothings groups tool"
- From there, just choose where you want it to be launched.
Max 8
- Download POLYSHARP V0.35.rar
- Drag and Drop the folder named "Scripts" wich is in the POLYSHARP_V0_35.rar file in an empty space in your 3dsmax8 folder.(Be careful not to drop the file on top of a folder icon in the 3dsmax 8 root folder)
- You will get a message from windows asking to Confirm Folder Replace. Click Yes to All (As it is all new files in the folder, windows will only add new stuff in the good folders.
- When it's done, you can drag and drop POLYSHARP.mcr in your 3dsmax8\UI\MacroScripts
- Download PowerButton_MXS_Extension.zip
- When opening the "PowerButton_MXS_Extension.zip", you will be able to see 4 files. Take PowerButton.dlx, drag and drop it in 3dsmax8\plugins
- Now, open 3dsmax8
- Go in the top Menu Customize_Customize User Interface...
- A window will open, from their, you will be able to find the script in "Category: BakaTools" it will be named "Smoothings groups tool"
- From their, just chose where you want it to be launched.
Other Software Required:
PowerButton for max 8 | Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| polysharp_v0_35.rar | 9.16 KB |
| polysharpdotnet_0.4.rar | 7.88 KB |
Comments
Great script...
Works great alongside quad chamfer :)
I'm sorry to be late like
I'm sorry to be late like this.
1. For undo, I will need to investigate as I'm getting some id mismatch when I use visual Smoothing and come back to object normal view mode.
2. For the problem with the normal smoothing group tool, It is one of the reason why the tool is not in version 1. :P. I haven't got the time to work on it, but it will be nice to be able to improve the pipeline and make POLYSHARP a reel tool and not only a conceptual tool.
3. Yes, the refresh can work automatically, the problem I was getting with a constant loop was the lag increasing when you work on objects with lot's of polygons and don't want to see at every action what smooting group is used on your selected model. I may add a checkbox to enable the refresh based on the smoothing assignation from max smoothing group tool and POLYSHARP.
I'm glad to see that POLYSHARP can help peoples.
refreshing smoothing colors problem
I love your tool! I have some a couple problems that keep me from using it :(
1. Undo doesnt seem to work with your tool.
2. Most importantly, in my work flow it is important for me to also use the the standard max smoothing group assignment dialog boxs. The problem is your tool doesn't update,even with your refresh button. The only way I find to see the colors update is by turning off your "Apply Visual Smooting" button off and then on again. :(
Please help! :)
Also can the refresh happen automatically instead of manualy? That would be awesome! I have been searching and waiting for a tool like this forever! :)
Thanks!
Haven't forget.You can go on
Haven't forget.You can go on my website www.myanko.com/matid and download the script. For now it assign wanted MatID using vertices, edges, borders, faces and elements. I will update the interface and add more fonctionnalities maybe this week-end if I get time.
hello Myanko, I don't forget
hello Myanko,
I don't forget your desire to make the id script !!! ;-)
Is it still possible ? Thanks
Thx a lot.
Thx a lot.
Absolutely Cool. Thanks a
Absolutely Cool. Thanks a bunch.
I just updated the
I just updated the description with installation instructions.
Im having trouble installing
Im having trouble installing this script. Could you upload install instructions? I have Max 8
Thank you, it's an old script
Thank you, it's an old script I made to help reduce tangent space bugs on an old game. Yes, it will be possible. Actually, when I do the face colouration part, I'm assigning material id's from id 1 to 34 to make the colouration visible. I could make a new script that handle only materials id selections and assignation.