| 3dsmax Plugin [message #10382] Wed, 03 March 2010 01:01 UTC |
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Hi.
I am looking for a certain max plugin which helps you with manifold checking and other stuff. There was a link here somewhere on this site but I cannot find it back. So for future searches I hope this thread will be found with the plugin mentioned below. Thanks in advance.
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| Re: 3dsmax Plugin [message #10412 is a reply to message #10385 ] Wed, 03 March 2010 20:12 UTC |
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Thank you very much. This is the one I was looking for.
Yes, the manifold check is weak in speed but you usually just need to check the lowpoly beginning mesh. The resulting object should stay being a manifold if not heavily altered (deleting polies, sewing edges,etc.).
Thanks again.
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| Re: 3dsmax Plugin [message #13323 is a reply to message #10382 ] Wed, 02 June 2010 06:22 UTC |
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but Max has a modifier called STL Check, which will tell you of any holes or errors in your objects.
Go to the Modify tab and scroll down the modifiers list to find it.
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| Re: 3dsmax Plugin [message #13382 is a reply to message #10382 ] Fri, 04 June 2010 15:47 UTC |
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Yeah, I use STL check all the time, and have never had issues as long as I fix anything it shows me. It doesn't list "manifold" (in my Max version anyway) but if you select all errors, it's obvious what to fix afterwards. I've written a small script that does a weld verts, and STL check all in one, and I use it all the time, works great.
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| Re: 3dsmax Plugin [message #13391 is a reply to message #13382 ] Fri, 04 June 2010 22:28 UTC |
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Yeah the STL check is quite a good error check, I use it often myself.
I don't remember, but there were a few situations where it gave a "no errors" message, but shapeways didn't accept them.
So I built that brute force version into the script.
But it's mains purpose was of course the volume and pricing stuff.
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| Re: 3dsmax Plugin [message #13394 is a reply to message #13391 ] Sat, 05 June 2010 04:51 UTC |
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Yes, I'm sorry, I forgot that your plugin had other functions specific to Shapeways. 
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