wrap deformers in 3d max??

[Dave Black]

Well, sort of.

One would use a "control cage" level model, I.e, prior to smoothing, for all skining/rigging and UVWMapping, and then apply a Meshsmooth modifier at the top of the modifier stack as the final output.

So, in a sense, yes.

However, if you are used to progressivly adding detail with layers of "modifiers", each pass gaining more detail, then, no.

Max's default Meshsmooth modifier is a derivative of Catmull-Clark Sub-D, with the lacking feature being bspline-based interpolation. Basically, the smoothing data is not infinately expandable, due to it's polygonal, rather than spline based, core.

I would'nt really call it Sub-D, but rather meshmooth. This function can operate with many iterations, though it really does differ from real Sub-D.

If you are like many Maya artists I've spoken to, Max does not do what you are looking for. It does, however, allow you to do all of your operations on a low-poly control mesh, with a smoothing function either last, or at render time.

Hope that made sense.

-3DZ

:D

[nadeemmar]

thanx for the replay

really bad that 3d max don't have this feature:scream:

[zarkos]

3DZ

Is HSDS better to use in that purpose than Mesh smooth?

[yoni-cohen]

manuka has a downloadble beta of their wrap deformer, it works based on maping cords and can be animated.
I didn't manage to apply it in such a way as skining a low poly to the drive the high poly body but I tried it only once.

there is a set of script/plugin that let you bind points so basicly you could tell each vertics its own falloff and it will affect the high poly..

[suck]

i believe that the cg-skin plugin from www.cgcharacter.com will allow this. im not sure tho.

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