Hey guys – I’m developed a funky workflow modelling technique that looks a bit like this:
4 ffd modifier
3 turbosmooth
2 edit poly – chamfer all edges
1 edit poly – box model basic shape
What I’m basically doing is box modelling basic shapes in a comic style, so that they have filleted edges and enough tesselation to be deformed as I want.
I find that the above stack does this quickly and effeciently… although as I write this I kind of realise I don’t need that turbsmooth modifer and could use nurms at point 2.
The thing is, all the edit poly at point 2 does is slightly chamfer all the edges from point one… and it’s hassle to have to do it manually.
I’d love to have a modifier that all it did was chamfer all edges, or all selected edges passed up the stack.
Now, I don’t know if some crazy fool has already written this (wait while I google it – nope) but how hard would it be to turn a script into an actual modifier that worked in the way I want?
Can anyone talk to me about this?
does anyone fancy writing it it? – :bounce:
cheers.
Well, no one’s responded yet, so I’ll offer a couple ideas.
F-edge looks pretty cool, might do what you want.
http://www.ddag.org/
Orionflame has a cool Chamfer tool that speeds up the process a lot… chamfers based on user-defined face-angles, among many other things.
http://orionflame.com/discover/Pages/04-02.htm (look down a bit for Chamfer X, see some vids)
This modifier is a common wish, and I agree, it would be uber useful.
- Neil
What we need is a prolific scriptwr… hang on, you haven’t written us a “relative urls” script yet!
I suppose is some small crazy way I ought to write it myself… but that’s exactly what they want us to do!
But that means having to work out if it’s possible to turn a script into a modifier and then somehow only using the portions of an editable poly modifier, the chamfer, but in some way to be adjustable at all times – possibly hooked into a global value.
Nah man, it sounds too complicated for script.
Anyone reading this up for it??
You might like this plugin written by Vladislav Gavrilov… I have no idea how I got this plugin and I can’t find any info about it on the web either :hmm:
However, it does exactly what you’re after and it has some cool extra options like “keep existing edges”. I think it’s a max 6+ plugin, it works for me in max 7 anyway.
Cheers,
Martijn
Edit: Google only returns one url for “edgechex” so I probably downloaded it from this thread on CGTalk.
Yay! Fantastic plugin!!
M,-
Cheers guy – I’ll take a look when I get in. it sounds good though.
There is a chamfer edges plugin that ships with max 7 SDK, but I’ve never been able to get it working. I’ll try again and then, if I get it working, I’ll be able in implement requests. :deal:
Works a treat Martijn, thanks.
Slightly flawed, in terms of showing you the selected faces, but still what I was looking for.
Wahooney – I think you should work on that plugin man… frankly they should include it in max properly.
I suggest having a toggle between all edges and selected edges.