Advanced Subd<-->Poly Convertor v.1.0.

[swag]

great work henry - this is the best poly2sub tool out there a must have for every modeler
5 stars from me for this eastern present

[aadams]

FANTASTIC

could you continue to develop it to develop a cleaner poly--->subd--->nurbs/bezier output??

when you convert subd to bezier it always produced double the needed bezier

and i convert it to degree 3 not degree 5 bezier.

and the nurbs conversion is well sad....alot of slabs ending in rounded corners...try it you will see...

why it this important?

because maya needed an update in nurbs modelling tools badly...with subds you can make rounded corners ALOT easier by using a poly base mesh...its just the output is a little borked....

I cant wait to try your plugin! thank you

[-=TF=-]

great tool!

[insert linux port question here]


cheers

[Emil3d]

The listed features are awesome and address a lot that I do on everyday basis. I was already using your ToggleWireframes script I found earlier by a search in a post where you were helping somebody.
I installed and tested quickly the script - no problems so far. Works as expected – very beautiful! It is a great timesaver.
Thank you so much for giving this away and being around.

One shameless request. Every time when I choose poly proxy I do the following repetitive tasks. I have 3 layers in my scene preserved for the poly proxy nodes: one template layer for the transform node, one reference layer for the subdiv shape node and a layer for the poly proxy node. This prevents the subdiv shape from being selected while working in the poly proxy.


If this can be automated and added to your script it will be very beautiful, similar to the layer options in the Smooth proxy command.

[PAL]

absolutely amazing tool!

[mathix]

Great tool! I would only add possibility of setting smoothing angle after converting back to polygon. I wrote a script which do it for me, but it would be nice to see it in next release of your plugin. :)

[Mikademius]

Aaand, it's finally out :) This tool is great. It can enhance workflow many times. I've already implemented this into my workflow, but you already knew that :) Keep developing. Talk to you on later msn.

[lazzhar]

Great tool !! thanks a lot.

[leif3d]

Wonderful tool!!!, Speeds up workflow significantly! Good job and keep on Developing your skills. :D

[GennadiyKorol]

Thank you! I will look into suggested features here and try to add them to the next version. I will try to make a linux port soon as well.

Currently the main features on TODO list are:

Converting deformer history from polygon to subd and vice versa. First I will try to make it work for basic deformers and blendshapes, maybe even skin.. Should be handy while modeling, say tweaking some area with lattice or soft mod, you could hit the same hotkey and continue tweaking the subd mesh with the same deformers.

Secondly I want to make a special mode of conversion that will not delete history on polygon objects. The polygon shape would be hidden, and while converting back the subd geometry tweaks and vertex positions would be transefered to polygon shape, so it's history will still be there in place :-)

Anyways tell me what you think about it, and thanks for using the tool!

[aadams]

oh please consider the poly to subd to bezier problems....pretty please???:cry:

[Emil3d]

Thank you! I will look into suggested features here and try to add them to the next version.…That’s just great. I’ll be looking forward for the next release.

Thank you again

[mike0006]

This is great, I just downloaded it and I like it alot. So far no problems. I was using zzToggleSubDee but some geometry it just would not convert for some reason. You plug-in chucked it out with out a problem.

Great deal, and the idea that I may be able to convert without losing history is pretty exciting.

Good Job.

[GennadiyKorol]

Hello everyone,

Now the plug-in is compiled for Maya 8.0.

Cheers :)
Henry

[Visor66]

This is awesome! Works great with Maya 8!

Thanks alot Henry!!! :bounce:


Cheers
Pascal

[almux]

Any prodject for Macfans?

[GennadiyKorol]

Visor66: Thank you for trying this out:)

almux: Yeah, I'll try to ask some friends with mac to compile it for macOS when Maya for Intel Mac is out.

To Someone: I hate to say this, but it's not the first time it's happening to my threads. I don't care about rating of the thread or anything, but still. Why would someone put a 1 star rating? Just to make the rating lower? I never understood that. If you're reading this, PM or mail me and at least tell why you did that.

[Icarus]

just gave it a shot, big thanks and great work for this tool, was nice to be able to get some feedback while doing modeling

cheers!

[almux]

Visor66: Thank you for trying this out:)

almux: Yeah, I'll try to ask some friends with mac to compile it for macOS when Maya for Intel Mac is out.

To Someone: I hate to say this, but it's not the first time it's happening to my threads. I don't care about rating of the thread or anything, but still. Why would someone put a 1 star rating? Just to make the rating lower? I never understood that. If you're reading this, PM or mail me and at least tell why you did that.
Oh good luck and best wishes to see your work in action with a nice little try! ;)
I love your "...when Maya for Intel Mac is out." ... hopefully Autodesk gives a push for this to come true soon enough!

[GennadiyKorol]

Hey everyone,

Plug-in is now compiled for Maya version 8.5, 32 bit, Windows.
Haven't time looking into 64-bit compilation yet.

Thanks everyone for using this tool and support! :)

Cheers,
Henry

[Emil3d]

Cool, one more reason to get 8.5.:)
Thanks a bunch.

[GennadiyKorol]

Thank you Emil :)

A bit bad news here. With help of script users I just found a major bug about Subdivision Surface redraw with wireframe display off in Maya. It seems to be introduced in version 8.0, still there with version 8.5. I didn't notice it because I'm developing with 7.0 version to ensure backward compatibility of my plug-ins.

Just create a subd cube, turn of the wireframe display with: Window --> Settings Preferences --> Preferences --> Display: Wireframe On Shaded to None.
Now grab some points on the subd cube and move them around. The Subd. mesh won't refresh itself whatsoever.

As you may understand this bug impacts the "Hide wireframes" feature in the converter script.
To avoid inconvenience just turn it off in the option window.

EDIT: There is actually a workaround, check the next post.

Thanks again,
Henry

[hanskloss]

Henry, you're doing a fantastic job as usual. Keep it up. Anxiously awaiting Magnet Tool for Maya:) Cheers

[OmegaN]

I agree with hanskloss =) and your magnet tool will probably be like a bronze to platinum upgrade in workflow =)

[GennadiyKorol]

hanskloss, OmegaN: Thank you, your support is precious.

Back to the bug with Subdivision Surface refresh with wires off in maya 8.0 and 8.5.

More investigation into the matter has shown that it only occurs when all faces of the mesh have the same material assigned to them. Once you have object with 2 or more materials assigned to it on different faces, the bug is gone.

Looks like the bug is connected with shader-geometry connections. Maybe I could add a fix for it to the Convertor plug-in later on :)

In the meantime you might use this fact for a workaround :) Hope this helps those appreciating Subdivision Surfaces speed in their workflow.


Thanks for checking this out,
Henry

[swag]

great support henry :thumbsup:
yes it looks like a stupid maya bug hope you find a workaround

[GennadiyKorol]

Hello everyone,

Just found a little bit of time to update this to 1.1:



Added compiles for 8.0 x64 and 8.5 x64 for Windows.
Compiled for 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.0 x64 and 8.5 x64 for Linux.
Compiled for 7.0, 8.0 and 8.5 for OSX.


Ability to specify custom smoothing angle for polygonal meshes.
A fix for Maya's subd display bug on 8.0 and 8.5 when wires are turned off. Script fixes that by temporarily activating ghosting for subd shapes.



http://www.henrykorol.com/Scripts/SubdToggle/images/SubdConvertorUI.gif


Just as before you can grab it here:

http://www.henrykorol.com/Scripts/SubdToggle/ (http://www.henrykorol.com/Scripts/SubdToggle/)

Thanks for your attention,
Henry

[swag]

looks like your multi maya dev platform is ready :)

[mike0006]

Great stuff!

I really appreciate and use this plug-in every day.

[_-_twiggy_-_]

WoW, what a fantastic tool! ...iv'e fell in love with it :)

Great work :thumbsup:

[djx]

Thanks Henry. This continues to be top of my "must have" list.

I think the spelling change may confuse some people though.

cheers
David

[GennadiyKorol]

Thanks guys! :) I would also like to hear about how it works for those on Linux and OSX :)

djx: Thanks, I'm sorry for that little spelling correction. When I noticed the mistake I already had all the 15 compiles ready, so I could change only the plug-in names because script one is hard coded inside the plug-in and I haven't had time to recompile them again.. But I guess as long as you put plug-in and script to the right folders it'll work :)

Cheers,
Henry

[Als]

I hope I'm not jumping the gun here, but would it be possible to have version which would help conversion but keep the history, in order to use it to render maya cloth?

Otherwise amazing plugin, and many thanks.


Als

[GennadiyKorol]

You mean the proxy kind of conversion? For that you could use any other simpler script or even Maya's own conversion system. Although I believe that for animation putting a PolySmooth node or using approximation editor in Mental Ray might work better :)

Henry

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