Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi all, I just found this website and am interested in 3dCoat and had not tried the demo as slow internet connection. 1. If I create a model from another 3d modelling program, could I generate uv map from scratch in 3dcoat? Does it support planar/spherical or other mapping? 2. After doing 3d texturing in 3dcoat, if I modify the 3d models later, what should I do in 3dcoat in order to adjust changes made in 3d models? Or, shall I need to do 3d texturing from scratch again? 3. What 3d file format could 3dcoat be exported? 4. If I import a 3d model (eg. .3ds) with animation seq, will 3dcoat remove the animation part and export as static model after doing 3d texturing? 5. I have some basic experience of using lithunwrap (eg. uv map of a cube), is it enough to work with 3dcoat? Thanks in advance Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi! Welcome! 1. If I create a model from another 3d modelling program, could I generate uv map from scratch in 3dcoat? You can generate uv-set in 3D-Coat, but manual making uv-set in separate app is better. Does it support planar/spherical or other mapping? 3DC uses LSCM for auto-unwrappping 2. After doing 3d texturing in 3dcoat, if I modify the 3d models later, what should I do in 3dcoat in order to adjust changes made in 3d models?Or, shall I need to do 3d texturing from scratch again? You can export textures, import model and then import texture. Also, you can re-import uv-set. 3. What 3d file format could 3dcoat be exported? OBJ,LWO 4. If I import a 3d model (eg. .3ds) with animation seq, will 3dcoat remove the animation part and export as static model after doing 3d texturing? Animation is not preserved 5. I have some basic experience of using lithunwrap (eg. uv map of a cube), is it enough to work with 3dcoat? enough. In general you can use auto-mapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Thank you for your quick reply, Andrew! I think I am ready to buy this!!! Animation is not preserved If animation could be preserved, it will be very convenient because there is no need to re-rig a 3d character again. OBJ,LWO If more 3d file format could be supported, 3dcoat could be used as a 3d converter. The above 2 items will be my first "Feature Request" of 3Dcoat. Thanks Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Good. Animation (rigging) preserving - it is possible to make for fbx file. Also, you should check if your PC is strong enough to work with 3DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member yukon_28 Posted May 7, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 If animation could be preserved, it will be very convenient because there is no need to re-rig a 3d character again. There is no need to re-rig anything. If working with rigged mesh, after texturing it in 3dc you exporting image maps, not the mesh itself. Noone doing rigging and animation on heavy sculpted meshes, those hi-res (usually multi-million poly) meshes used to generate maps for low-res and\or mid-res ones. Anyway, 3dc threats animation in 100% normal way, there is no program that will preserve animation after you completely changed geometry & topology of your mesh. There is many workarounds, from simplest ones, like texturing and sculpting before rigging, all the way to more complicated, like skin wrap modifier in max. If more 3d file format could be supported, 3dcoat could be used as a 3d converter.The above 2 items will be my first "Feature Request" of 3Dcoat. Thanks Sam Also, imho not the best idea. 3DC its a powerful (if you ask me, most powerful) 3D painter, with many unique features, with good sculpting abilities, with day-to-day grows toolset. There is so many 3d converters on the market, freeware and commercial, cheap and expansive, so it is not a good idea to turn 3dc into one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 How about Animation (rigging) preserving for polycount less than values, say less than 65536? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Edit: sorry for double post. :P How about Animation (rigging) preserving for polycount less than values, say less than 65536? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I tried to download 3dcoat. http://www.3d-coat.com/trial.html But I got this error message The requested URL /trial.html was not found on this server. What should I do next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I just tried another link http://www.3d-coat.com/download.html After filling in a 6-digit code, I got another error message No input file specified. (It is said that it is valid for 6 hours) Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I re-tried http://www.3d-coat.com/download.html. Now I am downloading it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Please try direct link http://www.3d-coat.com/files/3d-Coat-2087-en.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 7, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi Andrew, Besides Adobe Photoshop, could 3dcoat support other 2d graphics editor eg. gimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member yukon_28 Posted May 7, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi Andrew,Besides Adobe Photoshop, could 3dcoat support other 2d graphics editor eg. gimp? Yes, as long as it supports layered PSD's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 8, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Great! At the start of 3dcoat, the "hardware code" screen showing traditional chinese text is a mess. Please correct it later. the text of menu items or options are all correct. BTW, I just bought " 3D-Coat Full Professional". I hope I could get my serial no. soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member lc8b105 Posted May 8, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Great!At the start of 3dcoat, the "hardware code" screen showing traditional chinese text is a mess. Please correct it later. the text of menu items or options are all correct. BTW, I just bought " 3D-Coat Full Professional". I hope I could get my serial no. soon! Hi Sam,I'm the person do Chinese translation,what's the mean of "traditional chinese text is a mess" ? Could you make a screen capture to show that ? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Great!At the start of 3dcoat, the "hardware code" screen showing traditional chinese text is a mess. Please correct it later. the text of menu items or options are all correct. BTW, I just bought " 3D-Coat Full Professional". I hope I could get my serial no. soon! Thanks! I have sent the code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sam Posted May 12, 2008 Author Member Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 @lc8b105 : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 It seems that you have choosen to install Chinese version during installation. Please select Language->English in top menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member lc8b105 Posted May 12, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hi Sam,I see the picture.So it's not a translation issue,just try as Andrew say. I remember that only the "Registration window" read the system fonts,so maybe the problem is that you didn't have east Asia languages package installed in your system. But this is not a big problem,it's only influence the "Registration window",others in 3d-coat do not use system fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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