surface contour check

[stevesideas]

Hi Guys,

Im looking for a way to check the contour of an organic surface. I was thinking that being able to display the normals of an object via shading would probably work..is there a way to do this ?

I couldnt think of a way to display the normals of an object in the viewport....

[AJ Jefferies]

I'm not 100% sure it's what you're after, but you could try Grant Adam's Tension Modifier : http://www.rpmanager.com/plugins/TensionMod.htm

[Codi]

You can use also the Edit Normals modifier to see them normals, but it doesn't display as a shader.

[stevesideas]

Thanks for the tips, but neither really help.

I was thinking that maybe a directx shader may work in the max viewport. Something to display the object normals... cant seem to find anything like that though. Maybe a height shader would work..

[zoranm]

Would using double sided material with preview in the viewport help?

Zoran

[stevesideas]

Not really...I really need some kind of visual feedback. The viewport object normals would definately work. Any imperfections in the curvature of a particular surface would show slightly different colours where the angle of the surface normal changes...

[zoranm]

Sorry, I missunderstood. I thought you wanted a visual feedback on normals directions.
In that case could some sort of falloff material with complementary colours help?

Zoran

[MasterBercon]

Whats wrong with the concavity option in tension modifier?

http://www.rpmanager.com/screenshots...dConcavity.jpg

Isn't it exactly what you are looking for?