thanks will give it a try, in return, have some magic; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2onPt9sbQ
a _____ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Andersson Sent: 22 November 2012 16:29 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: unmergable polys You might want to try Blender for this one. I made a little "mini" tutorial for you :) Might work, will cost nothing except your time. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6697097/removeDoubles.jpg regards stefan On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: yeah, forgot to mention, it helped about half the problem faces.... a _____ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastian Kowalski Sent: 22 November 2012 15:58 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: unmergable polys did you tried filter points? Am 22.11.2012 um 16:50 schrieb adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com>: well almost.... bought a model off TurboSquid (yeah i know, should have known better etc etc) getting some very strange behaviour! there are lots of triangles (thanks 3DSMax!) but many of them are showing as open edges normally running a weld boundary edges with a suitable falloff fixes all but the most stubborn problems like this, but with this model it has NO EFFECT! i am having to go round and use the move/weld tool manually on every face! and on some of them it takes 3 or 4 goes to get them to merge i had a good look at the geometry, pulling apart faces/vertices, export as vanilla OBJ and re-import etc... there are no double faces, *most* of the normals are facing the same way.... weird... never seen anything like it surely once it's been through the wringer of softimage--->OBJ--->softimage any user data etc is gone, we're down to base polys? anyway, just needed to vent, back to my manual welding job.... a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 <tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829> adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number:5657815 VAT number: 872 6893 71 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2629/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12 -- Stefan Andersson | Digital Janitor blog <http://sanders3d.wordpress.com> | showreel <http://vimeo.com/53634505> | cell: +46-73-6268850 | skype:sanders3d _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2629/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12
