Xsi modtools switch to wireframe software#

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Xsi modtools switch to wireframe software#

More often than not, they choose the wrong software tools and end up with unsatisfactory results. they are like layers in photoshop, except you can only turn the layer visible, or unselectable.Many scientists in different disciplines realize the power of graphics, but are also bewildered by the complex implementations of a graphics system and numerous graphics tools. on the bottom right there is a panel with two radio buttons (or 3 if you have 2009) it's on your toolbox on the left thereĪlso, you should use the display layers. (was that meant to be 5?) use the paint select tool, it will only select/unselect things in a user defined radius. Not like in XSI where if you were in vertex selection, switch to some other selection and switch back to vertex selection and all the vertices you used to have selected are selected again.ģ. if you accidentally unselect evertyhing then you can only use undo to select everything back. TBH, i think XSI probably has what you could be looking for? hit the + button on your numpad and you start to smooth the mesh, hit the - and i does the opposite, although the smoothing will always look the same unless you add extra edgesĤ. i think they use the same algorithm, so a smooth in one program will give the same results as a smooth in the other. haven't used 3DS Max ever, but i have used XSI. not sure what sort of level you want, but you could convert to subD (if you get an error doing this then read it and do what it suggests)ģ. you can modify that box and the changes will be reflected in the smooth previewĢ. The box you see when you hit 2 is the box of the original mesh. You could switch it to subDs, it works a little different to polys but it's still somewhat the same.

not sure? you could hit the Mesh > Smooth button, this will actually smooth your mesh permanently (undoable, but it could get lost in the undo steps) So is there a way to make Maya remember a selected array of verts, so you can always go back to same, very specific selection of verts, rather than having to start all over again if you cannot use 'undo'?ģ.) Can anyone recommend more precise tools or efficient methods for selecting a set of verts/edges/faces in a complicated scene/object? Example: In some models, the cloth layer and body layers are indistinguishable after importing, though it is possible, step-by-step to separate the verts/edges/faces related to cloth from body, thereby recovering both body and clothes, as opposed to being stuck with a clothed mesh.ġ. I know you can undo if you accidentally click out of your selection, but sometimes you make some changes and cannot afford to backtrack (or computer crashes). I managed to smooth the object without it breaking up, but the result doesn't really look like how its supposed to.ġ.) I guess I could tweak the verts until it more closely matches the original, but is there a way to more subtly adjust the level of smoothness, or am I stuck with 1,2,3? (2 looks like 3 but with outlines).Ģ.) Is there some script or plug-in that allows me to fine-tune the smoothing level/degree?ģ.) Do you think all smooth features work roughly the same way between different platforms? Like, would you say 3dsMax's hyper-smoothing outputs the same result as Maya's smooth mesh preview?Ĥ.) It is easy enough to marque an entire mesh and merge all the verts with a low threshold (I am glad), but quite time-consuming to select individual verts to separate say, a facial mesh from the eyeballs and eyelashes, and the head from the body.