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Normals Calculator? [message #30390]

Tue, 02 October 2007 15:01

morerunes
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Is there an easy way to re-calculate normals in 3ds?

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Re: Normals Calculator? [message #30392 is a reply to message #30390]

Tue, 02 October 2007 15:31

Grog_McGee
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Should be a mesh or uv tool - just look through the tool menus. I don't have max just maya so I can't be more specific - should also be in the documentation that comes with max.

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Re: Normals Calculator? [message #30394 is a reply to message #30390]

Tue, 02 October 2007 15:54

morerunes
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they have a normals editor, but not a re-calculator

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Re: Normals Calculator? [message #30415 is a reply to message #30394]

Tue, 02 October 2007 18:54

Grog_McGee
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Sorry I'm having a mental block. Why do you need to re-calculate the normals. If they've gotten SNAFUd, I'm of no use without seriously thinking - however, I would suspect using a polygon smooth would get some of them cleaned up. But I'm totally sure there's a tool for fixing normals that have gotten messed up.

edit: sorry I think I'm being completely useless... Embarassed

I think I'll shut up till I can actually give a decent answer.

Also since I'm totally sure that maya has a tool for redoing normals you could export the file in to maya binary (.mb) or ascii (.ai I think) or .OBJ or .fbx and then I might be able to clean it.

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Re: Normals Calculator? [message #30419 is a reply to message #30390]

Tue, 02 October 2007 19:02

morerunes
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thanks, but no thanks, I'll just do it the harder way lol

edit: found it, cap holes lol

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[Updated on: Tue, 02 October 2007 19:26]

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