A "Exaggerate" mod or script?

Perhaps I'm drawing a blank here, but I can't think of anything out there available that works like this. What I'm interested in is a script or modifier that works the same as the "exaggerate" free-form brush in the Graphite Tools. What the brush does is make the features of a painted surface more pronounced by moving concave areas inward, and convex out. It's a useful brush for accentuating seams or bumps painted with the push/pull brush, or other techniques. However, I'm looking to accentuate the features of an entire object all at once, in the same manner that this brush does. I'm thinking of a modifier or script that would act like a two-way "push" modifier, by evaluating the topology for convex and concave changes in the topology, and accentuating them with a numerical value. Am I simplly forgetting about something already available naively, or as a script? If not, then would anyone be interested in writing something like this? I feel it would be useful for accentuating detail already modeled into a mesh, like wrinkles, folds, etc.

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Both script not works as you want or...?

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is relevant to my interests ;)

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Interesting, can you

Interesting, can you implement it as a Modifier script?

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Maybe, but the script still not works as luxxeon wants.

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Sorry for the late response.

Not working quite as expected. The lowest offset (1.0) seems to still perturb the mesh in a destructive way; basically ending up with a lot of pointy edges and spikes in the mesh. I'm using 3dsmax 2012, with a scene file in Generic Units, and System Unit Scale is set to Inches. I also tried it on a model in a scene modeled to scale in Inches, with same result. Looks like it's trying to follow the curvature of the topology, but creates a lot of harsh spikes in the mesh, instead of a more smooth result, as would be expected if following the poly flow. I'm using it on 100% quadrangular mesh topology, and I can't set the offset any lower.

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Can you upload a test scene?

Can you upload a test scene?

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Sure...

Thanks, Miauu. I'll find some server space and upload it after the weekend. Unless I can email you one in a zip? Thanks again.

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Test the ettached script. It will gives different result.

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You can send me an email if

You can send me an email if you want. :)

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