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Wrong smoothing groups with Birth Objects
BeyondReality.de
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#1
Bug  12-05-2019, 10:42 AM (This post was last modified: 12-05-2019, 04:08 PM by BeyondReality.de.)
There is an issue with smoothing groups when using Birth Objects. See images below.
Only Auto Smooth will work, but that will produce other issues. I use Vray Instances.
Any ideas?


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tyFlow
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#2
12-05-2019, 05:02 PM
Which version of tyFlow are you using?

Also please provide the file.
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BeyondReality.de
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#3
12-10-2019, 09:37 AM
(12-05-2019, 05:02 PM)tyFlow Wrote: Which version of tyFlow are you using?

Also please provide the file.

I'm using v0.16061 with Max 2020 and Vray Next.

File is attached.


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12-11-2019, 06:38 AM
It seems like a normals issue, not a smoothing group issue. The mesh appears to have explicit normals set, which are not supported by tyFlow...thus, overriding the smoothing group of 1 set on all the front trim. Since tyFlow doesn't support the explicit normals, the front trim sides/face are all being smoothed in the same group, thus you see the rounded appearance.
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BeyondReality.de
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#5
12-11-2019, 08:43 AM
Ah, I see. Thanks. For now I had to look for a workaround.

Any plans to support explicit normals in the future?
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