pixeldamage

some reason my pic didnt attach ... here it is again (oh they dont like png's)

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rossco1111

Here you go pixeldamag....

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pixeldamage

as rossco ... its as I thought... six sides on top rater than 8. so you get 3 divided to 6 not 4 to 8 -- picky I know, sorry but I was trying to be exact. It's weird that the default cylinders in max are badly modelled. Why wouldn't they provide them like your example.

I've modelled for sometime and if everything is supposed to be in quads why provide basic elements comprising of poles? Seems bad practice. I'll now keep a basic all quad cylinder as an OBJ to bring in each time. Shame i cant replace the standard one with this oober cylinder.

upham

What version of Max are you using?
I'm using 3DS version 9 (not 2009) and the cylinder inport worked fine when importing & subdividing in ZB. Have you tried turning the Smooth off when subdividing? (The SMT button is beside the DIVIDE button).

You might want to use the Max OBJ importer-exporter from Guruware http://www.guruware.at/main/index.html.
It has built in presets to export models to ZBrush.
(the site is down as I write this)

Every now and then I import a Max Exported OBJ into Blender3d and then export it out again and it fixes a lot of OBJ hiccups.

Upham

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pixeldamage

hey upham,

i'm using max2008, though i still use max8 sometimes. THat's interesting the non-smooth option. I can see it being a life saver sometimes. Bit like subdivide in max as opposed to turbosmooth. Still its odd about not creating standard geommetry in max using quads. Why use poles at all?

U_L.

You can get a functional version of the GuruWare obj plugin at Max Plugins.de.
The max 2008 version works with max 2009.
I especially like that the plugin has a export preconfiguration setting for Zbrush.

Max Plugins.de

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U_L.

My previous post for Max Plugins.de url is wrong.
Here is the correct url
MAX Plugins.de

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pixeldamage

Please could some of you more seasoned zbrush users help me out on my Ice project thread?

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=58842

It would be much appreciated as my project deadline is approaching and i havent had much feedback.

U_L.

pixeldamage

Check out the example files that Mr. Patton is so generous to give to the 3ds Max user community.
You will find a nice snow shader there. Use it as start to get the effect you want.

Jeff Pattons Max 7 example scenes

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zendomui

"b: Next you need to convert this displacement map (TIFF) to RGB colours (this stops Max and most other apps from stepping your Displacement map (no jagged edges))."



Woooooh!!! That´s excellent! Just what i was looking for!
Thank you!!! Really, really thank you!
All this time that was the #$&@ problem!