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In the rare case when I might do an automated retopo project, it's usually only on models where detailed sculpting has pushed the polygon count up into the astronomical range, and redistribution to a render or animation pipeline would be far too inefficient. I actually enjoy the process of retopology, and find the tools relatively fast and efficient in packages like 3dcoat or 3dsmax, etc. When it comes to sculpting detail in organic objects, I will usually do retopology manually as well. Personally, I almost always model from scratch using standard polygonal techniques and subdivision methods to avoid this problem down the road when working with hard surface objects.

#3D COAT AUTO RETOPO TUTORIAL MANUAL#

Some form of manual editing will almost always be necessary after the automation is complete. Using 'guide splines' on the surface of the model before launching the tool can help the algorithm solve itself sometimes, but that is often not enough in itself to keep the result from being 100 percent efficient. There just isn't enough surface information in such models for the algorithm to work properly. Long thin triangles created from CAD applications, such as those associated with Sketchup, will usually present problem for any automated quadrangular mesh algorithm for exactly the reasons you've indicated, among other things. The Zremesher is most useful when retopologizing objects of densely packed Delaunay triangulation or quad surface structure, typically after the sculpting process. I wonder why it's behaving that way for you? I know it's not as fast as Zremesher or Instant Meshes in some cases, but I've never seen it take longer than maybe 5 minutes on even the most challenging mesh. I am curious when you say that the AutoTopo feature in 3dCoat is taking hours for you, though. Please do not hesitate to correct me with some links to show the automatic retopology examples in Topogun if I am wrong in that observation. It is an older, although more cost effective, solution to manual retopology. Topogun does not have automatic retopology features as far as I am aware. However, in terms of a clean, usable result with only minor issues in edge flow, Zbrush wins that comparison hands down as long as the result is a static object. There is no way to automatically retopologize a mesh and expect results to be as good as manual retopology by someone who knows what they're doing. Of course, there is no automatic retopology process which will be perfect in the end. Both of those are fine in their own right, but Zbrush's method and double algorithms are much more precise and result in a much cleaner topology which can actually be used on its own in production for non-animated objects, unlike some of the results from Instant Meshes. Zremesher is without a doubt the best automatic retopology algorithm I've tried so far, and yes I've used Instant Meshes interactive field alignment algorithm and 3dCoat's AutoTopo as well.

Sorry not wanting to be rude, but I have little interest in Blender. I know Blender has retopo tools, but sorry I'm not a Blender user.įor the time being I am using 3DC to decimate my 3DC sculpts.Īnyone have any thoughts, tips or recommendations?Īnd I would appreciate it if people do not post trying to convince me Blender is the answer. I've read and watched videos of Topogun and it seems interesting and cheap.

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I used the free tool Instant Meshes and with a click of a button a model is retopologized in a few minutes compared to 3DC's auto retopo which on certain models could take a couple of hours. Too tedious and too long of a process for me to retopo a model I will only use once or twice in a Vue render or use as a paintover in Photoshop/Painter/ArtRage. BUT I hate manual retopoing.Ĭan't stand the process and I find the task in 3DC not enjoyable.

It's awesome and very easy to use for UV Mapping, texturing, painting and sculpting.

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