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Dave Black
03-20-2003, 03:36 PM
Hey guys. At GDC East, Discreet was nice enough to show us a feature that was not fully implemented in Max R5...A talented scripter by the name of Martin Coven seems to have found the feature, and implemented it using a script.

Do a search for "Relax" at www.scriptspot.com

It's called "UVW Relax 1.0".

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, being able to relax UV coordinates is something we've been asking for for a long time. It allows you to use the "relax" modifier's functionality inside just the the UVW coords, making untangling complex areas such as ears and mouths MUCH easier. This makes reducing/eliminating stretching in those areas a piece of frigg'n cake.

Cool ways to implement the script:

DL the script, and edit out the UI component. Change the input value from a spinner to a small standard value like .1, or .5. Bind the script to a key. This way, as you are working in UVWUnwrap, you can window verts, and softly relax them with a few key strokes.

It's really usefull, and Discreet is urging us to share all our info more, thus this post.

To some, this will be a godsend, to others, not such a big deal. Do with it what you will.

-3DZ

:D
Sgt.ArchAngel
03-20-2003, 03:58 PM
thanks for the script and info
should come in handy when i get ready to really dive into UVW maping
mouj
03-20-2003, 05:56 PM
Howdy !

Is it similiar to the Relax feature that's in Chuggnut's UVW Tools ?
http://www.chuggnut.com

mouj
bonko
03-20-2003, 06:37 PM
Chuggnut's tool is awesome. I use the vertex align tool all the time when I am unwrapping. Plus it contains the mysteriously missing hide/unhide, freeze/unfreeze. I'm not sure why Discreet took these out of the UVW unwrap tool in the first place.
sam
03-20-2003, 07:37 PM
here's a sample macroscript you can bind to a hotkey,

I included error catching and an undo wrapper so if you want to you can turn undo off by modifying the script

Just put the contents below into a text file with a .mcr extension and put it into the UI/Macroscripts folder to be able to hotkey it




------------------


macroScript Relax_UVW
category:"MyScripts"
toolTip:"Relax UVW"
(

on Execute do
(
undo on
(
try
$.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap2.relax 1 0.1 true true
catch ()
)
)
)
John-Stetzer
03-21-2003, 12:29 AM
Originally posted by bonko
Plus it contains the mysteriously missing hide/unhide, freeze/unfreeze. I'm not sure why Discreet took these out of the UVW unwrap tool in the first place.

The icons may be gone, but the two are still there; right-click quad menu, or you can assign shortcuts to them (hide and freeze have default shortcuts, you'd have to add ones for the unhide and unfreeze).
bonko
03-21-2003, 12:52 AM
Wow. Your bumblebug attack fighter was a huge inspiration for me when I was in college dipping my toes into all things 3d. I remember Rhino with mixed feelings. As a student I could download and use it for free, but it was also very tedious to create anything cool. At least that is what I thought at the time. Cool, hey have a nice day!!
Erka2
03-21-2003, 05:03 AM
I think you know that.... :thumbsdow
As for me I prefer Chuggnut's UVW Tools...
John-Stetzer
03-21-2003, 08:47 AM
Haven't thought about that picture in a long time, bonko; thanks for the kind words :^).
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