VertexNormal - Revision history

EricChadwick: /* Exporting Edited Normals */ removed, way out of date

2019-09-29T16:29:31Z

‎Exporting Edited Normals: removed, way out of date

EricChadwick: /* Vertex Normal Toolkit */

2019-01-25T01:53:09Z

‎Vertex Normal Toolkit

EricChadwick: /* 3ds Max Tools */ Vertex Normal Toolkit

2019-01-25T01:22:25Z

‎3ds Max Tools: Vertex Normal Toolkit

EricChadwick: /* Slide Normal Thief MAXScript */ updated

2018-03-31T12:51:48Z

‎Slide Normal Thief MAXScript: updated

EricChadwick: /* Noors Normal Thief MAXScript */ link for SlideNormalThief

2018-03-31T12:50:25Z

‎Noors Normal Thief MAXScript: link for SlideNormalThief

EricChadwick: /* 3ds Max Tools */ SlideNormalThief no longer available

2018-03-31T12:49:00Z

‎3ds Max Tools: SlideNormalThief no longer available

EricChadwick: /* Noors Normal Thief MAXScript */ new Noors link

2018-03-31T12:43:37Z

‎Noors Normal Thief MAXScript: new Noors link

EricChadwick: /* 3ds Max */ colors

2017-09-30T18:35:49Z

‎3ds Max: colors

EricChadwick: Wayback machine for frostsoft

2017-04-29T00:05:23Z

Wayback machine for frostsoft

EricChadwick: /* Editing Normals */

2017-03-03T13:33:39Z

‎Editing Normals

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 * <span style="color:orange">If you use Detach to create a new Element in the same object, the detached element's vertex normals will be reset.
 * <span style="color:green">If you add an Edit Normals modifier and make the normals Explicit, then go below it in the modifier stack and Detach as an Element, the normals will be preserved. This works with Editable Mesh, Edit Mesh, Editable Poly, and Edit Poly.
 === 3ds Max Tools ===

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 ==== Vertex Normal Toolkit ====
-[https://gumroad.com/l/VertexNormalToolkit Vertex Normal Toolkit] ($) by
+[https://gumroad.com/l/VertexNormalToolkit Vertex Normal Toolkit] ($) by [https://polycount.com/profile/scgstudio scgstudio]
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 ==== Normal Tools (WallWorm) ====

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	=== 3ds Max Tools ===		=== 3ds Max Tools ===
	These are in order by date, older tools towards the bottom.		These are in order by date, older tools towards the bottom.
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		+	==== Vertex Normal Toolkit ====
		+	2018
		+	[https://gumroad.com/l/VertexNormalToolkit Vertex Normal Toolkit] ($) by

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-SlideNormalThief by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. The MAXScript is unfortunately no longer available on their website. However, [[VertexNormal#Noors_Normal_Thief_MAXScript|NoorsNormalThief]] is available, and runs faster too!
+SlideNormalThief by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London] was a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process.
-{| border="1"
+SlideNormalThief is unfortunately no longer available on their website. However, [[VertexNormal#Noors_Normal_Thief_MAXScript|NoorsNormalThief]] is available, and runs faster too!
-|[[image:SlideNormalThief_UI.png]]
-|-
-|Interface for the SlideNormalThief MAXScript. Script by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London].
-|}
-The script is based on a much-slower script called [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normal-thief NormalThief.ms] written by [http://br.linkedin.com/pub/mauricio-b-gehling/1b/9b6/5b6 Mauricio B. Gehling].
+SlideNormalThief was based on a slower script called [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normal-thief NormalThief.ms] written by [http://br.linkedin.com/pub/mauricio-b-gehling/1b/9b6/5b6 Mauricio B. Gehling].
 The ''Reference Object'' is the model you wish to copy vertex normals from, and the ''Target Object'' is the model that will get its normals bent to match. The two models should be superimposed on one another, the normals on the Target will be bent to match the nearest normals on the Reference. This is similar to the way [[NormalMap]] projection works, the copying is based off location in 3D space. The vertex counts of the two models don't need to match, but both models need to have an Edit Normals modifier applied.
 ==== GetVertNormalsFromFaces MAXScript ====

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 [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/noors-normal-thief NoorsNormalThief] by [http://polycount.com/profile/Noors "Noors"] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. See the Polycount Forum thread [http://polycount.com/discussion/138828/ive-made-a-faster-normalthief I've made a faster NormalThief].
-The script is based on [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normal-thief NormalThief] written by [http://br.linkedin.com/pub/mauricio-b-gehling/1b/9b6/5b6 Mauricio B. Gehling], and on SlideNormalThief by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London].
+The script is based on [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normal-thief NormalThief] written by [http://br.linkedin.com/pub/mauricio-b-gehling/1b/9b6/5b6 Mauricio B. Gehling], and on [[VertexNormal#Slide_Normal_Thief_MAXScript|SlideNormalThief]] by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London].
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 ==== Weighted Vertex Normals ====

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-[http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/noors-normal-thief NoorsNormalThief.ms] by [http://polycount.com/profile/Noors "Noors"] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. See the Polycount Forum thread [http://polycount.com/discussion/138828/ive-made-a-faster-normalthief I've made a faster NormalThief].
+[http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/noors-normal-thief NoorsNormalThief] by [http://polycount.com/profile/Noors "Noors"] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. See the Polycount Forum thread [http://polycount.com/discussion/138828/ive-made-a-faster-normalthief I've made a faster NormalThief].
 ==== Weighted Vertex Normals ====
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-[http://slidelondon.com/_downloads/SlideNormalThief/SlideTools-SlideNormalThief.rar SlideNormalThief.rar] by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process.
+SlideNormalThief by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. The MAXScript is unfortunately no longer available on their website. However, [[VertexNormal#Noors_Normal_Thief_MAXScript|NoorsNormalThief]] is available, and runs faster too!
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 Faster versions of this script have since been made, see [[VertexNormal#Slide_Normal_Thief_MAXScript]] and [[VertexNormal#Noors_Normal_Thief_MAXScript]].
 === Cinema 4D ===

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 Edited vertex normals are somewhat fragile in 3ds Max, they can be lost easily:
-* If you take an Editable Mesh model, activate Attach, and try to attach an Editable Poly to it, the vertex normals of the Poly model will be reset. However using Attach in an Editable Poly model will work fine.
+* <span style="color:green">If you use Editable Poly, activate Attach, and attach another model, the vertex normals will be kept. <span style="color:orange">However Editable Mesh - Attach will reset the normals.
-* If you Attach multiple meshes together, make sure each has at least one edited normal. Meshes without edited normals will have their vertex normals jumbled.
+* <span style="color:green">If you Attach multiple meshes together, make sure each has at least one edited normal. <span style="color:orange">Meshes without edited normals will have their vertex normals jumbled.
-* If you Attach models that have been rotated, make sure to use Reset Xforms on them first. Attaching a rotated model to another will skew all its edited normals.
+* <span style="color:green">If you Attach models that have been rotated, make sure to use Reset Xforms on them first. <span style="color:orange">Attaching a rotated model to another will skew all its edited normals.
-* If you use Detach to make a new Object, the detached object's vertex normals will be reset.
+* <span style="color:orange">If you use Detach to make a new Object, the detached object's vertex normals will be reset.
-* If you use Detach to create a new Element in the same object, the detached element's vertex normals will be reset.
+* <span style="color:orange">If you use Detach to create a new Element in the same object, the detached element's vertex normals will be reset.
-* If you add an Edit Normals modifier and make the normals Explicit, then go below it in the modifier stack and Detach as an Element, the normals will be preserved. This works with Editable Mesh, Edit Mesh, Editable Poly, and Edit Poly.
+* <span style="color:green">If you add an Edit Normals modifier and make the normals Explicit, then go below it in the modifier stack and Detach as an Element, the normals will be preserved. This works with Editable Mesh, Edit Mesh, Editable Poly, and Edit Poly.
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 === Exporting Edited Normals ===

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 == What Is a Vertex Normal? ==
-[http://frostsoft.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-are-vertex-normals.html FrostSoft: WHAT ARE VERTEX NORMALS (VNT documentation)]
+[https://web.archive.org/web/20150716000012/http://frostsoft.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-are-vertex-normals.html FrostSoft: WHAT ARE VERTEX NORMALS (VNT documentation)]
-[[image:FrostSoft_doc-3.png|left|frame|Image by [http://frostsoft.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-are-vertex-normals.html FrostSoft].]]<br clear="all"/>
+[[image:FrostSoft_doc-3.png|left|frame|Image by [https://web.archive.org/web/20150716000012/http://frostsoft.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-are-vertex-normals.html FrostSoft].]]<br clear="all"/>
 == Model Seams ==

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 * If you use Detach to create a new Element in the same object, the detached element's vertex normals will be reset.
 * If you add an Edit Normals modifier and make the normals Explicit, then go below it in the modifier stack and Detach as an Element, the normals will be preserved. This works with Editable Mesh, Edit Mesh, Editable Poly, and Edit Poly.
 === 3ds Max Tools ===
 These are in order by date, older tools towards the bottom.
 ==== Normal Tools (WallWorm) ====
 [http://dev.wallworm.com/topic/68/normal_tools.html Normal Tools] by [http://shawnolson.net/ Shawn Olson] is a set of tools integrated into the existing Edit Normals modifier as a new rollout. [http://polycount.com/discussion/138523/normal-tools-for-max-released Normal Tools for Max Released] Polycount Forum thread.
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 ==== Face Weighted Normals MAXScript ====
 [[file:Modeling_FaceWeightedNormals.ms.zip|Face Weighted Normals]] by [http://www.juantwo.com/ Juan 'monster' Martinez] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that selectively aligns the vertex normals for the largest polygons on a mesh. This means the smaller polygons act as the transition areas because usually the smaller polygons are thin bevels.
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 ==== Noors Normal Thief MAXScript ====
 [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13762052/polycount/NoorsNormalThief.ms NoorsNormalThief.ms] by [http://polycount.com/profile/Noors "Noors"] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process. See the Polycount Forum thread [http://polycount.com/discussion/138828/ive-made-a-faster-normalthief I've made a faster NormalThief].
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 ==== Weighted Vertex Normals ====
 [https://github.com/ByteHazard/wnormals Weighted Vertex Normals] MAXScript by [https://github.com/ByteHazard Martijn Buijs].
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 ==== Vertex Normals Stitcher ====
 [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/vertex-normals-stitcher Vertex Normals Stitcher | ScriptSpot]
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 ==== Slide Normal Thief MAXScript ====
 [http://slidelondon.com/_downloads/SlideNormalThief/SlideTools-SlideNormalThief.rar SlideNormalThief.rar] by [http://slidelondon.com/ Slide London] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process.
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 ==== GetVertNormalsFromFaces MAXScript ====
 [[file:GetVertNormalsFromFace_0_2.ms.zip|GetVertNormalsFromFaces]] by [http://www.illusioncatalyst.com/ Enrico 'SyncViewS' Gullotti] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that aligns all the vertex normals for the selected faces so they point perpendicular to their polygons. In other words, the same direction as the face normal would be facing. This is similar to the [[#mig_Normal_Tools|mig Normal Tools]] option "Fillet Outside".
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 ==== AverageNormal MAXScript ====
 [[file:AverageNormal.mcr.zip|AverageNormal]] by [http://mathieujacquin.free.fr/ Mathieu 'zOffTy' Jacquin] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that averages all the vertex normals for the selected coplanar faces, so they their normals all point in the same direction.
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 ==== Normal Thief MAXScript ====
 [http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/normal-thief NormalThief.ms] by [http://br.linkedin.com/pub/mauricio-b-gehling/1b/9b6/5b6 Mauricio B. Gehling] is a 3ds Max MAXScript tool that projects vertex normals from one model to another, automating what would otherwise be a tedious manual process.
 Faster versions of this script have since been made, see [[VertexNormal#Slide_Normal_Thief_MAXScript]] and [[VertexNormal#Noors_Normal_Thief_MAXScript]].
 === Cinema 4D ===