Zero face selected and deleted script

[JHN]

I think I would calculate the polygon surface area, if it's below a certain small value put it up for deletion.

-Johan

[ghostlake114]

thanks but could you give me a snippet, that will be a great help

I am not a Max user so doesnt have foundation of max and max script. All I could do is try to understand the code and embed it into tool.

[ZeBoxx2]

something like this... slightly inefficient as it could collect the tiny faces and then delete them all in one go, but it's a good start %)

only works on editable mesh / editable poly objects.. if it needs to be done on an edit poly modifier, I *think* additional code is needed.

control the minimum face size with the 'threshold' value


(
threshold = 3.0
if (classOf $ == Editable_mesh) then (
for i = $.numfaces to 1 by -1 do (
if ((meshop.getFaceArea $ i) < threshold) do (
meshop.deleteFaces $ #{i}
)
)
update $
)
else if (classOf $ == Editable_Poly) then (
for i = $.numfaces to 1 by -1 do (
if ((polyop.getFaceArea $ i) < threshold) do (
polyop.deleteFaces $ #{i}
)
)
update $
)
)

[ghostlake114]

Thanks for your great snippet

The model is convert to editable poly before running checking, so it wont get any issue. :)

Thanks again for your help :rolleyes:

[ZeBoxx2]

excellent - you're welcome :)

[ghostlake114]

I have tested and see that only editable mesh could be used to check these kind of faces. Editable poly could not detect these faces.

It work great now and I have embed it into our workflow :applause:

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