Hairworks "Fur Strands Share Mesh" Error

I don’t know if this is the best way to go about this solution, but I had this problem and I solved it, so I figured I would share my solution in a place that is easy to find.

If you had an error like this…
“X out of Y fur strands share mesh vertices with other lines. they will not be exported”
When exporting out of 3DS Max, then you may need to turn off the “Show end result” button (the little shotgun shell lookin’ thing) before exporting.

You can test by doing the Spline Duplication Check under the HairWorks menu.

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I realize this is a redundant way to post this solution, but this issue was really frustrating until I found this option, so…yeah.

If you had an error like this… “X out of Y fur strands share mesh vertices with other lines. they will not be exported” When exporting out of 3DS Max, then you may need to turn off the “Show end result” button (the little shotgun shell lookin’ thing) before exporting.

You can test by doing the Spline Duplication Check under the HairWorks menu.

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Thank you so much GuerillaTactics. This solved the problem I was having.

Spline Duplication Check never finds any problems for me but I still have holes in my growth mesh. :-\

Hello, where’s the button for Maya