Carlosan

What if you drag and drop the .abr file to viewport ?
I am forwarding your issue to andrewshpagin@gmail.com
It would be good if they also send you an email attaching the .abr that cannot be loaded.
- Try this way
Press over 3 horizontal dots on top right corner of Brush panel, Select add new folder. Or press plus symbol.


Inside that folder press plus symbol

Select the option open texture file, select .abr file

 

Try this settings

Is on the same places

Do you have custom rooms created ? if not rename the folder
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\3DCoat\UserPrefs\Rooms\CustomRooms
An open 3DC again
Hope this helps

Hi
Try exporting as .fbx
Assign different materials to every mesh

Pressing with RMB over the shader icon, a panel with options popup

Voxels are better for organic modeling and the initial blocking out phase while the Surface mode is better for hard surface modeling since it's a lot easier to retain hard edges while manipulating your model.
To mimic Blender polygons you need to import the model as Surface, not voxels
And remember to avoid nGons before any import. 

Try turning off this options on Preferences

Try this
Retopo room > Mesh menu > import
You get 2 Polygroups & 2 UvSets
Perform Autoseams > Unwrap

Bake to PPP w/sculpt projection

On Paint Room you get
2 Paint Objects
2 Surface Materials
2 UvSets

Hope this help
* will be a nice feature request for PPP import

2024-25 - Blender AppLink fixed (for 4.2) - Fixed problems when some customers was not able to run 3DC. This happened due to Visual Studio update that happened after the Windows reinstall. Newer version broken all. It took several days of hard work to understand the reason.

Turn Autopick off

Fixed

Added on new 202x versions.

3DCoat-2024-21  Fri Jun 28 20:58:00 2024 - Fixed several problems related to alphas - adding folder, different scale of preview and the applied alpha, correct estimation of the active radius, transparency outside the images used as alphas.

I was testing exporting on version 2024.20 using this settings

I can export the torch without any trouble.

Is design error (reported)
On Paint Room > View

Must be turn ON
 

Hi !
Send your question to support@ 3dcoat.com 
The more users ask for it, the more it will rise in the priorities of the development team.
Thanks
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Hi
Try Textures > Adjust > Hue, saturation, lightness
Let you correct hue, saturation, and lightness for the entire currently selected polypaint (surface mode) layer.

Is possible for PPP and Microvertex painting.
 

This option was added on version 2024.20
 
- It is possible to delete default brushes from any folder.
Anyway, at least one of defaults should remain.

Ah, sorry
You need to import the HiModel into Sculpt Room, check if on voxel or surface mode.
And the LowPoly (with UVmap) on Retopo Room
Then use Bake Menu to send the baking to Paint room
Export
 

I am forwarding this issue to dev team, meantime try this please
Take pen.psd on Pshop ot gimp and delete all layers

Also remove alpha channel

So we have a new image

Convert to grayscale, 16 bit
 
Save as png (attached) (not .psd)

On 3DC drag and drop the png over the viewport, a panel popup

Select create a new alpha, try painting.

note: the weird kind of "menu" is like 3DC shows how it was made with channels.

remember, 16bit grayscale alphas must be edited externally as TIF

Create alpha brushes & decals documentation

Remember that if you want a 16-bit alpha (texture) that has logically more quality, convert or save your alphas (texture) in TIF or PNG format and then import it into 3DCoat.
> If you want to edit these alphas, I advise you to open the original alpha (texture), make your changes, save to the appropriate extension, and then import Alpha again into 3DCoat.
That way, you avoid making mistakes by changing a file with 4 layers (Color, Height, Spec, Erase), it's much easier to work on your original alpha (texture) with just a single layer.

Hi James
Andrew knows about this critical problem and is working on a solution to fix it as quickly as possible, sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks for your detailed report.
 
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When you import your own brushes, try activating "zero height will be taken from the top left corner" option.

This feature was be added on version 2024.19

On version .18 was added a new feature
- Retopo via decimation works for all selected objects, each selected object will be retopo-ed into the separate group.

I repost the link to Taros's video tutorial on " How to start to painting outside mesh borders"
What that means is that you can start your paint stroke outside the mesh and when the stroke hits the mesh, the paint is applied... The object is not rotated.