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chrom

05-16-2003, 09:54 AM

Hi people,

is there any script or plugin to convert triangles to quads?
something like quadrangulate function in maya maybe.

thanks in advance for info

chrom

EricChadwick

05-16-2003, 02:54 PM

Look up Auto-Edge in the help. If you have an Editable Mesh object, you can use this to set certain edges as invisible. These will be ignored when converted to Editable Poly, giving you quads/polygons instead of all triangles.

Joebount

05-16-2003, 04:08 PM

I got the solution !!! Meshsmooth convert your n-polys and tri into quad !!! A big thanks to your friend Joe ! hehe ...
hum... sorry ... :p :applause:

chrom

05-17-2003, 04:34 PM

hey thanks for the tips

posm the AutoEdge technics is good but not precise 100%

Joe my friend:) thank you but please explain me more of this method.I play with the functions of meshsmooth but nothing happens.Btw i don't need to smooth the object.The object is lowpoly exported as .obj format from maya.

thanks again

chrom

Joebount

05-17-2003, 09:09 PM

hé hé ... hum... sorry budy ! :p ;) :wavey:

chrom

05-17-2003, 10:33 PM

ahaaaaaaaaaaa joker:applause: :applause: :applause:

you got me:))

EricChadwick

05-19-2003, 01:58 PM

I think when 3ds max reads OBJ files it sees them as all tris.

To get an all-tri mesh into the best-looking quads, you're going to have to do it manually. Make sure it is Editable Poly, then go into SubObject-Edge, then select the quad-interior edges and use the Remove function.

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