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Normal Smoothing Python Script

  Published by Bart on November 29th, 2007 in Python Scripts

smooth-example.jpgMacouno has published a script to smoooooth your Blender objects. He writes:

This script is an alternative to the mesh smooth function in blender. The mesh smooth function in blender uses only vertex position. This script uses vertex normals, which is why it's called normal smoothing.



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  1. 1 ZanQdo Edit Link Nov 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    way to go maco1 !!

  2. 2 Mats Halldin Edit Link Nov 29th, 2007 at 11:12 am

    Wow! I hope this will be made the default smooth tool within soon.

    Thanks for sharing.
    / Mats

  3. 3 RNS Edit Link Nov 29th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    Nice to have in blender,but I rather wait for official release.

  4. 4 Virgilio Edit Link Nov 29th, 2007 at 4:15 pm

    This is very useful! =) Thanks a lot, Macouno

  5. 5 Tynach Edit Link Nov 30th, 2007 at 12:04 am

    RNS, what do you mean? This is a python script, like a plug-in. It may never be in an official release. Few python scripts are.

  6. 6 DramaKing Edit Link Nov 30th, 2007 at 5:51 am

    Normal smoothing? Sounds like a big improvement. A hearty thanks to Macouno, and I hope that this will be integrated into an official release.

  7. 7 eonmach Edit Link Nov 30th, 2007 at 5:54 am

    That´s a good way to use scripting…very handy indeed, one another way to keep meshes smooth and nice, is the use of the smooth bush in the sculpt mode…the standard smooth in edit mode is handy but lacks a little more options (thus the creation of this script) -but- should not be replaced by the normal smoothing,instead of it just add another mode. You know, the are modelling cases that you don´t need perfect normal smoothing but just a little less sharp edges…just more options to choose from :)

    By the way, I envy your scripting talent…kudos to you!!!

  8. 8 macouno Edit Link Nov 30th, 2007 at 10:10 am

    Hey folks.

    Thanks.. it's always nice to see something is not just usefull to myself. As you can see on the page it does have a few small issues that I simply haven't been able to solve yet. Unless those are solved, I don't think it'll ever be integrated by a C coder in blender. But if they are… we might be able to make someone enthusiastic enough.

    BTW: I released two other scripts at the same time as this one. They got less attention, but I've actually used them more than the smoothing one. They're called, Inset, and Project Cursor. They can be found on the same website.

  9. 9 gnomis Edit Link Nov 30th, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Thanks for the project cursor script thats really useful to me

  10. 10 anticom Edit Link Dec 1st, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    No new script or link, but even so very usefull. I hope that the bugs will be repaired.

  11. 11 epat Edit Link Dec 1st, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    It's probably dead easy to implement in C - most mesh tools are!…

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