[Using Cloth Tool for Modeling in 3DCoat 2021]

It would be nice if the cloth tool had  self collision and the ability to retain some volume. Has this been considered for future updates?

[Russian Steam Loco]

Excellent work Oliver !

I wish I had the patience to fiddle about with hundreds of fiddly bits.

I just tend to stick with 'monsters' cos they are quick and easier.

I did a picture of a bunch of ww 2 gremlins attacking a pilot in a dodgy looking bomber cockpit. it took weeks! 

[Russian Steam Loco]

Loco looks great !

( But i am wondering why you render in Othographic rather than perspective? Is that a design choice. If you rendered from the front low down with a slightly wide lens it could be made to look huge.)

Im not criticising , Im just imagining what I would do with a great model like that.

Aah, just had a look at your website, its quite technical and  ' blueprint' styley.

[A good sculpting matcap]

The matcap I tend to use most of the time is the default Sculptris one . I assume it is still available . Just download Sculptris and all the matcaps are in one of the folders.

[3DCoat 4.9 BETA testing thread]

The "polymer" shaders have light emision also.

I got a really nice render. ( apart from the eyeballs)

I wonder if we will ever get refractive glass.

[3DCoat 4.9 BETA testing thread]

Yeah , 3dcoat always starts on the default. Its annoying having to find  to my preset folder .Which I have renamed  with an A in front just so I can select quickly.

Also I seem to collect presets I have not put there myself, they just appear randomly.

I am wondering if some of them( not all ) are put in by the developers and are left there when they upload the latest betas.

[My 3Dcoat cannot export FBX，help me]

I think it just a reminder . I dont think its a warning,   3dcoat doesnt know how big you want your particular model.

[HEX COLOURS]

Ta for the reply.

I found a website that you can type in the code and it gives you an RGB number.

[HEX COLOURS]

Hello , Ive been given a Hex code ref for a colour. Is ther a way to find this in the paint room?

[3DCoat 4.9 BETA testing thread]

Thanks for testing Mr Merlin. Id literally forgotten about it since yesterday, so did not have a go, I think I would have got real cross.Sounds like you had a nightmare.

Did anyone test their 3dconnextion who had had trouble with it before ,with the update.

[3DCoat 4.9 BETA testing thread]

What does 'FPG is bigger' mean?

I personally never had a problem with wireless mouse and 3dconnexion. What would a difference in feeling be I wonder.

Maybe have a go tomorrow.

[[Fixed] Green Border For Ref Images]

Didn't this border used to be used for positioning the image? It doesnt seem to do anything at the moment.

[[Solved] Faceted Curves]

Thanks , It turns out I was using the wrong stroke mode for what I wanted to do....duh...I needed the spline stroke, the one that still coloured green. I think my brain was running in neutral after a long day staring at my monitor.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, at least Ive learned something.

[[Solved] Faceted Curves]

Hello, Can anyone spot what I need to press to make these curves smooth?

ta
 

[My paint brush doesnt work, help ASAP]

Its like having an itch we can't scratch....

[[Script] Surface Remesh by kritskiy]

This sounds usefull. I downloaded it ,but have no idea what to do with it now. Could someone chart up an idiots guide to using this ..assume I know nothing.

ta.

[[Solved] FBX Import for texturing ?]

Hi Slayer, 

 I had trouble with importing an FBX.  I did this ( see pic) and it worked good for what I was doing. But I was bringing in a vertex painted object with no image maps /uvs etc. So might not be what you require...I start to get confuzed after a while thinking about all this stuff.

[[Solved] New to 3DCoat, can't find my rendered PNG. What am I doing wrong ?]

7 hours ago, nekr0nos said:

Thats a great idea, thing is I needed the alpha channel for compositing in an external photo editor, but It's solved now. 

Hi, Just wondering, how do you find the quality of the alpha. I did this a few times a while back but I always found the edges a bit blurry and I never got a clean alpha. I think to get around it I had to make the image twice the size and reduce it later. It was ages ago so probably remembering wrong. But the alphas in Carrara, Daz Studio and Blender were always perfect.

[[Solved] How do I sculpt this ?]

Quick and dirty version.

 

[[Solved] How do I sculpt this ?]

Hi.

The way I would do it. 

Position one desk divider where you want it to be  , put it on an axis will help, then use the axial tool. 

It can always help if you make things like this on the 'origin' ( the point where all the axis meet,  0,0,0 cordinates ) Because then when you move gizmo to position the resulting meshes you can type in '0' .

Have a play, and if I have confused you I will try and make it clearer with images . ( I f I get some time.)

[[Solved] Axial Move Gizmo]

Ha thanks , just noticed this.

[painting]

I can see your "Root Layer" is hidden, but try hiding that visable layer. You would think you would not have to with the root layer hidden ,but maybe you do.

[[Solved] 3DCoat refuses to register successfully]

I ve got a vague memory that sometimes for some programs when you install if you right click and install as administrator that sometimes did the trick. Cant be certain,just one of those vague memorys floating around the vast empty space of my brain.

[[Solved] Axial Move Gizmo]

Could this check box be added. I am always grabbing these by accident  when I go for the centre cube. Unless Ive missed a setting somewhere. ( I usually miss the blindingly obvious!)

[Object within object, to one object]

Yeah I think its because voxels have some sort of density to them so its like a solid object whilst surface is a mesh . If you would have brought you object in as a voxel it would have combined like philnolan said. But you would need loads of poly/voxels to keep the definition.

Edit , just looked at the piccy, that is a good amount of polys.