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  7. [Solved] No Smart Materials in 2022.16 ?

    in New Releases, Bugs Reports & Development Discussion

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    Hi, I just freshly installed 2022.16 and noticed there are no default built in smart materials. Is this correct?

    Also, I tried downloading some materials from the PBR Texture library using my points but I always get a Failed-Network error on anything I try to download.

    Additionally, there doesn't seem to be a way to create a NEW smart material from scratch.

    With all these issues Im not sure what to do next. Can anyone help?

    Thanks

  11. Modeling Room - Next Steps

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    ..and I'm just revisiting the room now (v2021.70) and here are some immediate issues I run into..

    -I cant select/ modify anything on an existing imported polygon paint mesh.

    ..so that's the end of that then.

    If its something Im doing wrong it should give me an obvious popup..'Cant paint on this type of mesh for whatever reason' But I get nothing ...so I have no idea why I cant select points or faces on this model.

  12. Modeling Room - Next Steps

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    Here is my previous mail on the matter. I've given up on the modelling room since then since I don't think anything was fixed. In fact I'm sadly only using 3DCoat now for painting.

    One bug UI problem I have with 3DCoat is that just moving,rotating and scaling individual objects is an absolute chore in general in 3d coat. These three transform tools should be no more than one click away, but in 3dCoat just to move an object is about 8 clicks through multiple unrelated menus or buttons you need to find each time. Its a UI nightmare!! Here is the current procees to move an object:

    1-Dropdown click for tweak room, 2-click tweak room, 3-click select/Transform in tweak room, 4-click work mode select objects, 5-click on object, 6-click move button in tool options, 8-Finally click an drag gizmo!! :unknw: 

    My point being - If the most basic transform tools aren't easy to work with , no wonder the modelling tool workflows have issues...

    You should really check out other modelling packages for UI workflow. For instance MOI3D has about 20 buttons in total and I can model practically anything in it ...it has automatic guide snaps to objects grid, straight lines etc , super fast selection etc etc.. Cinema4d or Rocket3d are great reference points too.

    Here are my modelling room specific issues:

    I still can't understand the extrude tools in the low poly room. They are just not intuitive at all. For that matter, the whole low poly experience is extremely crude and infuriating.

    Maybe I'm using it all wrong but the reason I upgraded was because I thought this would be a rapid way to create hard surface models. Currently its practically impossible and I just wonder if anyone else is using this room with any success? Is it just me that finds it impossible to use?

    Some issues...

    -I can only select an extrude tool if I choose one from the sub menu, not if I select the parent menu button.

    -The extrude tools dont highlight when selected. Why not? Is this a tool that can only be used in conjunction with another tool. This should be made much clear as its just confusing as it is now.

    -If I select Smart extrude, select a face a left click drag the face just gets moved. There seem to be no way to actual extrude a face with this tool.

    -If I select Normal extrude, select a face a left click drag the face just gets moved. There seem to be no way to actual extrude a face with this tool.

    -With either of those tools if i click off 3d coat into my second monitor and then click back into 3d coat the face is immediately moved to a far off arbitrary point in space.

    -I cant seem to select multuiple faces easily. Do I really have to select the select tool to do this? There are so many steps to perform actions that should be done with the mouse buttons. If I need the select to to be able to actually use these tools, why isnt it just selected automatically or already have that functionality?

    _ I really have to hit 'enter' EVERY time I want to commit an extrude? Why isn't it automatic and why enter? That involves me moving my hand waaay across the keyboard every time I want to extrude a single face. This should be automatic but If I DONT want to commit an extrusion I should just hold shift or something. 

    -If not the above, commit extrusion should always be done automatically if a select new faces or deselect the faces.

    -After manipulating a face there is no quick way to deselect the face and select another face. Shouldn't I just be able to click outside of the model to deselect it? I cant click any other face to either add to the selection OR replace the selected face.

    -The only way to deselect faces (and therefore be able to select other faces) seems to be to go the popup menu and hit deselect all. This is VERY un-intuitive.

    -Has this even been tested? Is there a video of someone using the low poly room efficiently? Maybe that would help.

     Have you tried the low poly modelling in other programs like Rocket 3D, Cinema 4d for example? Just copy them :)

    ..and I have no idea how to get my low poly mesh into the sculpt room at a decent resolution to start sculpting on. So many buttons, so little help.

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  16. [Solved] How do I get paint details onto my retopo mesh ?

    in General 3DCoat

    Posted · Edited by Grimmy

    I played with this and made several attempts but always I get the grey texture. One thing in my version I noticed is that Toggle Ghosting doesn't actually do anything. I can see in your version that the cage is actually ghosted.

    I've tried recreating a new retopo mesh manually and  re- auto topologizing again and again but always get the grey m untextured mesh. Its taken me all day for what I thought was a simple click. :(

     

  18. [Solved] How do I get paint details onto my retopo mesh ?

    in General 3DCoat

    Posted · Edited by Grimmy

    I have painted my high detail mesh and created a low poly version in the retopo room, but how can I bake the paint from my high poly mesh onto my low poly mesh?

    I tried the 'Update Paint Mesh With Retopo Mesh' in the retopo room but that just created a mess.

    I also tried Bake w/normal Map (Per Pixel) but that just brought a new paint object into the paint room without any textures.

    In the help docs online it says one of the baking methods is ' From a Paint Object to a Retopo Object'. This is very clear and what I want, but none of of the buttons in the bake menu say this. They seem to be all named with highly technical (with PTEX, per pixel, microvertex, bake to scene?!?! etc) and confusing names...none of which even do what I want. Can't we just name the buttons simply and add any 'technical' detail in the help popup?

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

  19. Layer 0 anomoly

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    I have been trying to fix an export issue all morning and then suddenly this issue pops up giving me even more of a headache. it just appeared on Layer 0 it seems and I cant get rid of it no matter what I try. I tried removing glossiness/depth etc on layer 0 but it wont go away. Any ideas?

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