NGON OBJ import into T-Splines ???

[cekuhnen]

Does T-Splines not support NGON OBJ imports? It seems to me it triangulates the mesh once converted to TS.

[jakefowler]

Hi Claas,

Opening an OBJ file with the ‘Insert Mesh’ tool will insert it as a new mesh body (before we introduced mesh body capabilities, we would convert the mesh to a T-Splines body automatically). This should be fully compatible with tri-, quad- and ngon-meshes.

Once imported, you can convert any mesh body to a T-Splines body using the Convert tool. However, it’s strongly recommended that you only do this for quad meshes (or quad-dominant meshes – having a few tris or ngons in your mesh should be OK). If you try to convert a tri-dominant mesh or mixed ngon mesh to a T-Splines body, you will probably receive a warning advising against it. This is because the conversion process will likely lock up your CPU for a long time; and even if you get a successful conversion, a T-Splines body with lots of tris/ngons will likely have smoothing & performance issues.

Converting to a T-Splines body shouldn’t triangulate the mesh: each mesh facet should be converted into a T-Splines face with the same number of edges. If this isn’t what you’re seeing, might it be possible to share a screenshot/model which shows unexpected behavior?

Many thanks, and hope this helps!

Jake

[rishivadher]

Hi there
just seen this video, haven't tried the script which is in MAX.

http://youtu.be/Navlv3PvMCA

Best