Automatic Hard Edges in Maya - Free Script
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This is a quick video showing how to automatically find Hard Edges in Maya - with a free script for you to use!
See how it can dramatically speed up your workflow by using Selection Constraints!
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maya had the same buildin function on select>use constaints, properties> smoothing can choose hard edge
but sure your script is much faster because of 1 click, thank you
2024 and I am so happy I found this! Thank you very much! You just made my day and work so much easier!!
This script is life changing. I will be making sure that all my students have this on their shelf! Thank you!
& Blender had This lifechanging feature built-in
Can't believe that i won't do this manually anymore, As simple this script is, It saves a lot of time, Thanks :)
This script is the business, massively sped up my workflow on a tight turnaround job. Cheers!
you are a genius brother....that saves hell lot of time... I have been doing hard surface modeling and always gets afraid while sharpening the edges.... you just made life easy.... Best wishes to you channel :)
This is one of the best script ever...
i can't work with maya without this priceless script, thanks
i can't live without it
Script prevented me from spending hours on a model. Much appreciated.
UV - Autoseams - select cut along hardedges this is what i have been using but good to have Icon in shelf for the purpose thank you
Hands Down!
as a Maya generalist this SOOO Great!
Very useful script! I told all my colleagues about your channel
Thanks, really liked the extra part after the script where you explained how it even does it so make my own changes if needed.
Appreciate the script mate. Wish you were still doing videos
You just saved me a LOT of time, thank you so much!
Thanks for the script...this is great..... Please keep uploading more such useful videos
to change where you want the shelf icons to be is easy you just middle mouse button and drag the icon no need to go to the shelf editor just need to save shelf afterwards.
Thanks! BTW this is the first video i see on my life that doesn't have a downvote. Kudos
Hah Thanks! (...don't jinx it :) )
very helpful, thanks for sharing.!!!!. .. how could i edit the script so after the selection it does automatically does the bevel and/or pop up the bevel tool menu -????
Hi Tomas, you can add a new line to the end: polyBevel3;
@@playcreative5523 thanks a lot, it works great! =)
Thanks, much simpler than messing about with Maya menus.
Dude these are great please make more
Thanks mate - more coming!
thanks for the script, im new with maya and this kind of things help me to speed up!
Thank you very much ! I was looking for this kind of tool!
Super helpful. Thank you! Really appreciate the explanation at the end, too.
Thanks!!! Waiting for more videos.
Oh wow, this is very helpful, thank you!
Hi there! First of all, thanks for the script! Just found out about this and installed it. Exactly what I was looking for. But there is an issue with it... I noticed that after I run the script on a object, my Target Weld tool stops working - tested it a couple of times and it is indeed because of using this script.. Wondering if there is a fix or an update for it...!? (using Maya 2020) Thanks so much!
Oh thanks man, very helpful!! And free. Pretty rare in these days. You gain a sub.
This script was awesome. As was mentioned before though, for some of us Target Weld doesn't work after using the script.
I figured out that when you run the script, it leaves the constrain for Vertices on "Current and Next" instead of "Nothing." Any way to add to the mel script to switch the vertice mode back to "Nothing" after it's run? Thanks again!
Nm. I edited the last section and got it to work. Here it is for anyone who wants it(not a coder, so hopefully it doesn't break anything else):
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//SELECT HARD EDGES
//Author : www.playcreative.io
//Date : 01/05/18
//Version : 1.1
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
source dagMenuProc;
int $lowAngle = 30;
int $highAngle = 150;
//Change the object back to object mode, just in case it wasn’t already
toggleSelMode;
changeSelectMode -object;
//Store the object that is selected
string $curSel[] = `ls -sl`;
//Select all edges and store in an Array list
doMenuComponentSelectionExt($curSel[0], "edge", 0);
int $edgecount[] = `polyEvaluate -e $curSel[0]`;
select ($curSel[0] +".e [0:" + ($edgecount[0] - 1) + "]");
//Constrain that selection to only edges of a certain Angle
polySelectConstraint -m 3 -a on -t 0x8000 -ab $lowAngle $highAngle;
//Remove the selection constraint so everything back to normal
//Edited to set Vert constraint to nothing
polySelectConstraint -m 0 -t 0x0001 -a off;
print ("Hard edges between " + $lowAngle + " and " + $highAngle + " degrees have been selected");
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@charlied1420 Your a life saver! I just started using the script with maya 2020. I initially thought it was a Maya glitch but then realized it started to happening everytiem I used the script. I just changed the script to reflect your edit and it works! Thanks a lot!
You're a hero
@@charlied1420 Works perfectly, thanks
Thanks man, this will be very helpful!
Hey Dude! Is a good script, thanks! THE PROBLEM is a huge ERROR preventing TARGET WELD tool to be used. I cant use Target weld bcs this script has wrritten in it "change selection". It switches to that.
There is a comment chain lower down from @matsuikohiroka7875 with an edited script that will prevent this error. I thought I had updated the script on the webpage but looks like I hadn't!
Hey, thanks for sharing! This is a really great tool!
Pleeease post more videos, you’re awesome
this video is so helpful …really helped rookie like me a lot :D
just to inform you there is a bug , after executing the script try to use the target weld tool , it doesnt work anymore in order to fix it i need to restart maya ( using maya 2019.1 )
I'm having this same issue as well. Any Idea if there's any way to fix this yet?
I figured out a work around fix for this. After using the script on an object: Open Selection Constraint (Select > Use Constraints...). Activate Target Weld(Mesh Tools > Target Weld). In the Polygon Selection Constraint window, click on "Nothing" under Constrain. Target Weld should work now.
I've been leaving the Polygon Selection Constraint window open while using this script. You can also click "Close and Reset" if you aren't using the script again in a while, and Maya will remember.
Played around with the mel and got it to work. Not a coder, so hopefully it doesn't break anything else. But here it is if you're interested:
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//SELECT HARD EDGES
//Author : www.playcreative.io
//Date : 01/05/18
//Version : 1.1
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
source dagMenuProc;
int $lowAngle = 30;
int $highAngle = 150;
//Change the object back to object mode, just in case it wasn’t already
toggleSelMode;
changeSelectMode -object;
//Store the object that is selected
string $curSel[] = `ls -sl`;
//Select all edges and store in an Array list
doMenuComponentSelectionExt($curSel[0], "edge", 0);
int $edgecount[] = `polyEvaluate -e $curSel[0]`;
select ($curSel[0] +".e [0:" + ($edgecount[0] - 1) + "]");
//Constrain that selection to only edges of a certain Angle
polySelectConstraint -m 3 -a on -t 0x8000 -ab $lowAngle $highAngle;
//Remove the selection constraint so everything back to normal
//Edited to set Vert constraint to nothing
polySelectConstraint -m 0 -t 0x0001 -a off;
print ("Hard edges between " + $lowAngle + " and " + $highAngle + " degrees have been selected");
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
so much of a thanksgiving
Thanks for this! :)
Thank You for the great script
You save my life! Thank you so much!
BIG THANKSSSSSS!!!
thx man. that was very helpful
Thank you, mister!
Bang Tidy me old mucker, this is 10000000% useful. Thanks for the excellent script, great work!!
A big thank you !
great script!!!! and nice tutorials
love it, thanks!
can you please share how to save selected edges on shelf
THANK YOU. You are the best.... i have subscribed to your channel : D
wooaaw , Why have you stopped uploading more videos, Your videos are a class apart !!
I opened your channel and expecting more videos to learn but my bad luck......
you only uploaded two videos.............
He should make more vids right
I am studying Digital Animation, and when I am in class, my teacher says that we should not reinforce the edges with the Bevel tool because it leaves triangles in some parts that are not manageable figures for Maya and that there are other fast and safe ways to reinforce the edges that are not manually (of which I no longer remember very well XD), I would like someone to explain this to me please.
He is right. You need to maintain the correct edge flow in the mesh. If possible keep everything in quad. But there are cases where you just need this mesh in lowpoly and another version in highpoly to add some details in ZBrush for example and then use it in Substance Painter to bake. In this case it would not be so necessary to maintain the integrity of the mesh.
amazing! thank you very much.
Legendary!
thank you soooo much lots of love to you...
THANK YOU.
for some reason my target weld stopped working after i installed the script, had to remove it :(
Thank you for that!!. and how draw mouse like 1:22-1:24 to smooth edge?
I think he just hit '3' on the keyboard for soft select (hit 1 to go back to normal)
Thnx so much for the script :-)
thanks a lot..........today is my best day,,,,,,,,,,,wowo
super and
trhank you
Omg - omg this is so cool
Thanks man
Anyone have an idea of how to get this to iterate on multiple objects? tried the usual create list/ throwing it into a for loop but it only seems to keep the selections from the first object
Handy script but still creates Ngons at times so you need to check everything
The script is great but it breaks my target weld tool, and I'm guessing some others too which I haven't found yet. Every time I use it I have to reopen the Maya project so target weld works again. Do you know why this is happening and any solutions?
Hey Sam, this appears to be a known issue with the selection change options in the script. I will look into it and get back to you.
Hey Sam, I've found a fix by changing the following line in the script,
from: polySelectConstraint -m 0;
to: polySelectConstraint -m 0 -a off;
Hope that helps.
This helped thanks@@playcreative5523
dont work for me ERROR SYNTAX help plz
saved almost 1 hr
// Error: line 19: Cannot find procedure "doMenuComponentSelectionExt".
I believe it only works in later versions of Maya, perhaps 2017/18 onwards
@@playcreative5523 Thanks, I solve one - thanks, it's working :) I had to show the edges and then run script.
It doesn't seem to be working on Maya 2018.6 I get this error " ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////;
// Error: ? //
// Error: Line 13.1: Syntax error //
// Error: ? //
// Error: Line 21.1: Syntax error // "
It's likely you pasted it into the MEL tab incorrectly - try copy it fresh again and see if that works.
Also, often the quotation marks (" and ") can copy over strangely depending on what browser/text-editor you use. If you can't get it to work replace over the quotation marks in the text with new ones. Hope that helps.
@@playcreative5523 ive tried 4 different browsers, retyped all " singns, its still erroring: // Error: line 18: Cannot find procedure "doMenuComponentSelectionExt". //
@@playcreative5523 I tried, like you said, to copy from different browsers, same error. I then tried to replace the " in the text, still no luck. then I tried also in Maya 2019, but nothing seems to work. One thing, when I try to run it, the first time, after giving the error, in the text shows the ?, where the was an empty line, exactly in those lines.
@@playcreative5523 If instead of copy the text, I do the dowload txt as file, and then copy it, I get I different error, instead.
// Warning: string $curSel[] = `ls -sl`; //
// Warning: Line 16.28 : Redeclaration of variable "$curSel" shadows previous declaration at line 15. Previous value will be overwritten by explicit initializer. //
// Warning: int $edgecount[] = `polyEvaluate -e $curSel[0]`; //
// Warning: Line 20.48 : Redeclaration of variable "$edgecount" shadows previous declaration at line 19. Previous value will be overwritten by explicit initializer. //
hilite pCylinder1 ;
hilite -u pCylinder1 ;
select -r pCylinder1 ;
// Error: line 19: Cannot find procedure "doMenuComponentSelectionExt". //
When copy paste =
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//SELECT HARD EDGES
//Author : www.playcreative.io
//Date : 01/05/18
//Version : 1.1
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int $lowAngle = 30;
int $highAngle = 150;
//Change the object back to object mode, just in case it wasn’t already
toggleSelMode;
changeSelectMode -object;
//Store the object that is selected
string $curSel[] = `ls -sl`;
//Select all edges and store in an Array list
doMenuComponentSelectionExt($curSel[0], "edge", 0);
int $edgecount[] = `polyEvaluate -e $curSel[0]`;
select ($curSel[0] +".e [0:" + ($edgecount[0] - 1) + "]");
//Constrain that selection to only edges of a certain Angle
polySelectConstraint -m 3 -a on -t 0x8000 -ab $lowAngle $highAngle;
//Remove the selection constraint so everything back to normal
polySelectConstraint -m 0;
print ("Hard edges between " + $lowAngle + " and " + $highAngle + " degrees have been selected");
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
This script works on maya 2016?
I believe it might have difficulty in 2016 sorry - you might have to do the manual way of using 'selection constraints'.
//Error: Line 26.0: Syntax error here in Maya 2020
// Error: line 16: Cannot find procedure "doMenuComponentSelectionExt". //
Maya 2016
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This is terrible from Maya in Blender it is literally a 1 sec thing to do
Thanks! Very useful script.