covono Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hi and thanks for helping. I got an DWG file imported from Solidworks to Max. The object is faceted and I can't sort how to smooth it. When I imported it I checked the unify normals and auto smooth. I tried applying smooth modifier...turbo smooth just added polygons but it remained faceted. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stee Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 You need to use smoothing groups. If the item is an editable poly, select the faces that should be smoothed and put them all in the same smoothing group. So for example, a cylinder might have all edges in group 1, and the top and bottom caps in group 2. In the example below you can see the sphere is faceted as it's polygons have nomsmoothing group selected. If you put them all in group 1 you get a smooth sphere. http://members.cox.net/dangerdoggie/max6-sg.jpg The smoothing group dialogue is at the bottom of the modifier panel for editable polys/meshes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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