Comments on: New 3ds Max script ends misery of poly pushing

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:09:50 +0000

Why not just use patches?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:42:55 +0000

Tom, stop whining. It looks awesome.

By: Marius Silaghi

Marius Silaghi — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:36:09 +0000

Tom I will try to fix the issues in the next updates. Currently I released 1.01 which has an option to keep the original vertex distribution.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:01:19 +0000

Oops, I didn’t notice I can delete and right click>refine to remove and add points on the deformer line. But still, the other points still hold.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:57:54 +0000

I may be wrong, but there’s a FEW problems in this implementation. I only get to define how many points are on the deforming line, not where those are distributed along the line. So if I’m trying to transform points from an exact starting point on the line, I can only add more points to the deformer line in order to approximate a method of placement… still, a very interesting idea. Will be interested to see how it develops. There’s also some interface issues (like if I go to Adjust Edges, and haven’t pressed Apply, then I change to poly mode, then press Adjust Edges again – it goes pling! and I’m forced to close the script). Lastly, when a deformer edge is applied to an edge loop, the loop’s vertices may auto-shift out of their initial position. An example would be: after scaling up a radial loop in a cylindrical form, when selecting a vertical loop crossing this and pressing Adjust Edges, the radial loop will kink, even if a high segment value has been set.