V4.1 BETA (experimental 4.1.17D)

[jamie]

I got another case of preset switch freezing. 30 seconds to wait for switching between tools... it's what...5th time I think it happenedf  for no reason at all.

One second everything is fine, the next it's bugged and there's nothing you can do about it... even trashing the mydoc folders don't do it.

I'm now redownloading the setup file, to see if this will get rid of it.

Back to base.

[Edit] Nope. Nevermind, I'm crossing the street again.

[Edit 2] Seems the file is corrupted everything works ok on a new scene. Unfortunately I can't send said scene file. Well I hope I can get this bug back on a new smaller scene.

I notice these delays if the folder containing the brushes changes. If the tools share the same brush folder, I don't get the delay.

[BeatKitano]

I notice these delays if the folder containing the brushes changes. If the tools share the same brush folder, I don't get the delay.

My problem was actually related to a geo-mess. But nice of you to report this the micro delay are indeed related to this. Never thought it would matter but it seems it does.

[AbnRanger]

I notice these delays if the folder containing the brushes changes. If the tools share the same brush folder, I don't get the delay.

I notice this too. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a delay of a few seconds to reload nearly 100+ brush alpha's.

[BeatKitano]

Yeah well I think i'll go "un-organized" there. I don't mind having messy folder as long as the brushes are smooth to use. But then I'm using 15-20 brushes on all my project so...

[artman]

a little Tapered Sharp brush variation,maybe some of you will find it useful.... Really one of my main brushes those days, lenght is relatively short so you can't run it down the entire spine of a character for example but its much fun when doing wrinkles, hair strands ect...

Tapered Sharp.3dcpack

[stusutcliffe]

Thanks Artman! keep 'em coming  Always useful.

[Javis]

a little Tapered Sharp brush variation,maybe some of you will find it useful.... Really one of my main brushes those days, lenght is relatively short so you can't run it down the entire spine of a character for example but its much fun when doing wrinkles, hair strands ect...

Tapered Sharp.3dcpack

taps.jpg

 

Nice brush! Thank you for sharing.

[Aleksey]

It might be user error, but for me this still does not work correctly.

 

3DCoat always produces additional, unwanted vertices/ faces on the symmetry plane. What I'm talking about is this:

 

 

I get this problem all the time. Ive generally just ended up either welding points at the end of the process. or exporting the retopo mesh and then welding points together in c4d, then bringing it back.

 

quite frustrating.

[Carlosan]

Do you have virtual mirror mode = on

if yes, you need to work ONLY in the right side of the model -with sym X on-

 

when finish the manual retopo... do:

Retopo menu > Apply Symmetry to current layer

[alvordr]

I get this problem all the time. Ive generally just ended up either welding points at the end of the process. or exporting the retopo mesh and then welding points together in c4d, then bringing it back.

 

quite frustrating.

 

That's not an error.  It's usually caused by placing one vert beyond the symmetry plane.  If you pull it the other way, you'll notice a hole.

[Aleksey]

is there a tutorial that explains the various mirror modes?

 

its been giving me issues since i started 3d coat. i remember initially i was getting wierd poly's along the middle, not like this, but like extruded down into the mesh. the virtual mirror option fixed that i think.

 

ah well, more experimenting. thanks for the help.

 

edit: would be nice if verts on top of each other auto welded.. wouldnt it?

Edited October 11, 2014 by Aleksey

[Carlosan]

Purpose of retopo virtual mirror mode ?

and

[AbnRanger]

is there a tutorial that explains the various mirror modes?

 

its been giving me issues since i started 3d coat. i remember initially i was getting wierd poly's along the middle, not like this, but like extruded down into the mesh. the virtual mirror option fixed that i think.

 

ah well, more experimenting. thanks for the help.

 

edit: would be nice if verts on top of each other auto welded.. wouldnt it?

Just like having verts weld at the center of the symmetry plane (when using the Symmetry modifier), you have to adjust the "Mirror Snapping" at the top of the UI for 3D Coat to even know you want them welded within a given range. Before doing any work along the Symmetry Plane, adjust it to 20-40%. Andrew should change the default value to 25% or so. That way there are fewer issues in this regard.

[alvordr]

is there a tutorial that explains the various mirror modes?

 

its been giving me issues since i started 3d coat. i remember initially i was getting wierd poly's along the middle, not like this, but like extruded down into the mesh. the virtual mirror option fixed that i think.

 

ah well, more experimenting. thanks for the help.

 

edit: would be nice if verts on top of each other auto welded.. wouldnt it?

 

They do, but only if you're near enough for them to snap.  You can change snap settings found as AbnRanger noted.  Otherwise, to weld them you can simply stack one on top of the other.

[jdoublej]

I'm getting a crash when UVing upon hitting the 'unwrap' button; it doesn't happen with all geo, but there seems to be no manifold or problematic geometry with the pieces that do cause a crash.  Figured I'd bring some attention to it.  Below is the crash log.

 

 

 

Also I get an exploding vertices error when importing into zbrush even if use all the geometry cleaning tools in 3dc; see the pic below