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Genesis

12-13-2002, 05:16 AM

I am currently modeling high poly versions of game models for FMV's and was thinking it would be really great if there was a script/modifier that selects triangular faces on a mesh?

Something that works sort of like the STL check, but selects tri-polys would be great! If anyone knows of something like this I would love to hear about it.

thanks,

Dave Black

12-13-2002, 03:38 PM

Can you be a little clearer in your request? When you say "select triangular faces", what faces are you asking for? You can always select triangular faces on an "editable mesh".

If you are using Max 5, there is a command in edit poly called "edit trangulation". That allows you to play with the triangles any way you want.

Perhaps I just don't understand the question.

Hope we can be of help!

:D

Reality3D

12-13-2002, 06:44 PM

It think that lw has an option where you can select all the "polys" that have 3,4 etc vertex. That maybe is what genesis intended to say

Rice ManX

12-13-2002, 07:24 PM

Ive never heard of that option in max nor a script written for it. BUT it should be REALLY easy to make i guess. If u use the macro recorder and some little adjustments in the script i guess you could make one to select tri poly's. Select Macro recorder and open the maxscript listener have your poly ready, then simply select a tripoly and copy past that to a maxscript. THEN i guess u can look in the User referance to see what operations you would have to do to get it to select tri faces on a whole mesh. Dunno play with it.

Dave Black

12-13-2002, 08:37 PM

Good lord I'm a dumb@ss..

Well, guess that's what I get for trying to answer a post during crunch time...

(Sigh)...

That would make for a cool script, though.

simonalex

12-13-2002, 09:44 PM

If it's what I think you're asking, Bobo has a script that selects all non-quad polys. www.scriptspot.com/bobo

It's been a while since I looked at it, but I'm fairly sure the Maxscript user reference also has a tutorial on how to make this script. I could be imagining that though...

LFShade

12-13-2002, 11:34 PM

Grant Adam wrote a good script for this. It's a bit more versatile than just selecting tri's, though; it'll let you specify the criteria for what to select. It's called PolySelections, and you can get it from the following link:

http://www.scriptspot.com/download.asp?ID=1321

Genesis

12-14-2002, 04:50 AM

Thanks guys,

I ended up finding one on script spot that did exactly what I wanted. can't remember its name though (at home now if anyone wants the name I post and I will give it too you when I get back to work on monday) but it allows you to select all polys with a specific number of verts, or everything but verts with that number, it rules!

thanks again,

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