3Ds Max >> MultiRes ??

TSM · Aug 2008

So, in a rush I found that multires is great for generating MESSY (but accurate) 'low poly' versions of a high res mesh. It's very fast to generate it, but it's super super messy.

So, my question...

My high res is very neat, pretty evenly spaced quads, so is there a plugin or an 'updated' mutlires that simply removed a certain % of ordered quads, so my low res looks somewhat neat so I can go and tweak a bit?

Mutlires seems to just 'weld' verts ... <shrug>

Thanks.

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

Nope.

Though Polycruncher or Meshlab might give you better results.

TSM · Aug 2008

Thanks Eric, I'll check them out.

TSM · Aug 2008

Meshlab worked much better - still a messy mesh, but 100% cleaner. Thanks Eric!

MoP · Aug 2008

Meshlab works really well if you use Quadric Edge Collapse With Texture, you can set it up to preserve a texture boundaries more than interior faces, so you end up with a more predictable mesh for LODs and stuff without completely wrecking the UV layout.

TSM · Aug 2008

A bit off topic from the thread, but, I'm going through max plugins.de and can't find a plugin that 'straightens verts' like some UV tools do on the UV layouts (I want it in 3D space with the model).

Does one exist?

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

Orionflame does this, though latest versions aren't free. Here's a pic from the help file.
http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/images/orionflame4_average.gif

Polyboost does it too I think.

Mark Dygert · Aug 2008

Chris Kubisch has a 3D straighten maxscript.
http://www.luxinia.de/index.php/ArtTools/3dsmax

3Ds Max >> MultiRes ??

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