Javis Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 That sounds cool. Nice easy way to follow 3DC news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member ghib Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Cool! I love this "by the way feature". I changed the object (subdivided it essentially) and now all works much much faster and correctly. Object attached Thanks Andrew, I had a look at this mesh and the texture editor works correctly now and painting on this mesh was so much faster. I prefer to use Per Pixel painting and didn't know that the mesh resolution affected speed. I will use your subdivided mesh from now on I do miss having the lines on the original mesh to use as a guideline for the edges of the tiling texture but I can solve that with a simple extra layer on top with lines drawn where the texture tiles. Can you think of a better way to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Also just noticed another BUG with Syncing layers with external editor and Multiple objects in a scene.e.g. Scene with 2 objects - Head & Hair 1. Select 'Sync Layers with Ext. Editor' or Edit All Layers in Ext. Editor' 2. Selecting UV-set to export = hair 3. Making edits in Photoshop to Normal Map - Save 4. back in 3DC the Layers will be applied to the Head object instead of the Hair. Was not able to reproduce this part. Tried to merge cube, then sphere, edit only sphere, save, applied to sphere only as expected... Possibly your object can help to reproduce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member kay_Eva Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I have a feature request: More Voxel modeling tools for modeling buildins etc such as some of the sketchup style operations maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I do miss having the lines on the original mesh to use as a guideline for the edges of the tiling texture but I can solve that with a simple extra layer on top with lines drawn where the texture tiles. Can you think of a better way to do this? I think texture is a good way. Other way - create mesh with very little but visible geometrical details on the edge of the tile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member ghib Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Was not able to reproduce this part. Tried to merge cube, then sphere, edit only sphere, save, applied to sphere only as expected...Possibly your object can help to reproduce. Unfortunately I've signed an NDA for the project that this particular object falls under. If I can manage to reproduce with another object I'll be sure to send it to you. Cheers again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mwgrafx Posted May 28, 2009 Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I dont know if this is a bug or something on my part. I imported a model, in the sculpt tab smoothed out the rough edges some, when into paint tab and you can see my wire mesh. Please find the images to illustrate what Im talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Skaven252 Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Multiscreen is impossible right now, at least before release because of all interface is rendered. I can render only in one window, but this functionality will be extended in future, I know it is important. Good to know. I won't bug you about it then, I'll just wait patiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member ldzywsj Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I attempt to make a square brush,all channel is square,but why the depth channel has a circle outside? is it a bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Amber Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Andrew posted RC86 5 days ago. Many (but not all) of the bugs you listed have already been reported in this thread and the Bugzz thread; some may have already been fixed. If they still exist in RC86 or 87 though please make sure to post it again... but before RC89 comes out would be great. This software is updated so quickly I got lost I've so many 3DC installed .... uhffff... ------------------ @Andrew What does exactly CUDA accelerate in 3DC ? I was asking but it seems no one knows for sure.Is it only Voxels ? Or other sutff like displacement and painting ? Im not interested in vox stuff but if CUDA would accelerate painting or displace stuff I may consider buying Nvidia card just for that. So ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 This software is updated so quickly I got lost I've so many 3DC installed .... uhffff... Why so many? I only have the most recent one installed I keep the current installer as well as the most recent one before that. So right now I only have 86 installed and the installers for 85 and 86. BTW I've noticed that Andrew keeps at least the last few versions on the server. Like right now you can download alpha 81 by just pasting the current URL in your address bar and changing the 86 number to 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 @Andrew What does exactly CUDA accelerate in 3DC ? I was asking but it seems no one knows for sure.Is it only Voxels ? Or other sutff like displacement and painting ? Im not interested in vox stuff but if CUDA would accelerate painting or displace stuff I may consider buying Nvidia card just for that. So ?? Only voxels are accelerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Updated to V87 (excuse, only Win version) Changes (detailed, all changes are posted frequently in twitter too) - Improving and getting baking in retopo tool to work in all modes - voxels, DP, microverts - Delete object/material/faces - getting to work - Improving normalmap calculation in DP - leads to less seams insde UV islands - New splash screen for V3 - Render improvments - better AO uniformness, no more black contour around object - Incorrect Undo in Retopo strokes mode fixed - I made possibility to edit tiled pictures. This feature will appear in invitation screen in DP section->plane. Thanks to ghib for cool idea! - fixed suspending 3DC while opening file that does not exist (from recent for example) - I have made "Snap to low-poly vertices" item in View menu - Fixed - undo in Line mode for E panel in DP - Edit all layers /projection in ext editor will check now if layer name contains "normalmap" and if so, assign corresponding colorop to layer - Enter/exit transform tool in painting mode fixed (there was wrong pen setting on exit) - Fixed: direct painting now works correctly after exit out of usual sculpt mode (there was problems on newely sculpted areas in dp) - Fixed: Chinese font pattern appeared in Render room after checking View->Show displaced mesh - Fixed: duplicated tabs in tool parameters window. - I made common selected button style for tool parameter panel and for left tool selection panel (it was far not so quck to do as I expected) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor tree321 Posted May 28, 2009 Contributor Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Updated to V86 (excuse, only Win version) Version 86 again?I thought I was using 86. :lol:Did I misread that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Amber Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 86RC -------- 3DC becomes extremly slow or non-responsive when big photoshop brush set (.ABR) is imported (like 30MB or more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member ghib Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 - Edit all layers /projection in ext editor will check now if layer name contains "normalmap" and if so, assign corresponding colorop to layer Exporting to photoshop using 'Edit All Layers in Ext. Editor' result in the Normal Map layer being 25% Opacity. Was this intentional. *it imports back into 3DC fine* - Enter/exit transform tool in painting mode fixed (there was wrong pen setting on exit) This fixed the problem of reverting back to correct Pen pressure Mouse settings, but it happens too early (Always after a selection is made) I'd expect it to revert back to previous setting only after you exit the Transform/Copy tool. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Paint Guy Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Updated to V87 (excuse, only Win version)- I made common selected button style for tool parameter panel and for left tool selection panel (it was far not so quck to do as I expected) Not sure what this means, but are there any new palettes in the Sculpting work area? Also this looks interesting, I am on a mac and ver. 86 doesn't have this. What's this shiny thing? (see image) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applink Developer haikalle Posted May 28, 2009 Applink Developer Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 the latest version works like a dream. Working together with Dp and voxel object open so many doors to create your models.. I have still a little bit hard to create the specularity I want in render tab. It seems that When you render DP object in render mode it creates an extra specularity map( according the light source) and adds that to your own map. If you come to Finland some day just let me know that I can put a red carpet ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member akira Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thank you Andrew for all of the improvement and bug-fixing in the latest alpha! There are two issues I found when playing around with it. Alpha 87 XP 32bit 1. If you import an object for DP or microvertex painting, it will affect brush landing when switching to voxel room. 2. Brush strokes lag with hard drive accessing In DP or Microvertex Painting mode especially on my laptop. Feature request related to the 2nd issue above: Is it possible to let us choose where to put the temp folder? I'd like to put it in my ramdisk if possible, should be faster. Regards, akira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Maximus3D Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks for the latest update, nice improvements you did to it. One thing i noticed was this.. It happend when i used the carve brush set to inverted (carve brush never carves into the voxelmesh unless you activate invert tool) and then i clicked on softstroke and i got this weird result. / Magnus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member bisenberger Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Looking slick, but I still miss the original stamp mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member splodge Posted May 28, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Testing latest version: It's awesome.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mwgrafx Posted May 28, 2009 Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Not sure what this means, but are there any new palettes in the Sculpting work area?Also this looks interesting, I am on a mac and ver. 86 doesn't have this. What's this shiny thing? (see image) Thanks The tab in the corner has nothing to do with 3DC. It's a vista thing that I cant seem to get rid of. If you look at the first pic, I imported the model without smoothing. It gave me hard edges, so I took it into sculpt and used the smooth brush to soften the hard edges around the chest area. I then took the model in to the paint panel and if you look at the chest you can see the wire "protruding" from the mesh. Its a cool effect but not desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Not sure what this means, but are there any new palettes in the Sculpting work area? That is Vista's Tablet PC Input Panel. If you click it it should pop out to let you hand write text. I found it annoying so I disabled it. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features, click Turn Windows features on or off, then uncheck Tablet PC Optional Components. If you have annoying little circles that appear when you tap with the pen go into the Control Panel > Pen and Input Devices, then uncheck all of the boxes on the Pointer Options and Flicks tabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mwgrafx Posted May 28, 2009 Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks for the info philnolan3d. It is quite annoying and just didn't feel like taking the time out to figure on how to get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 No prob, I enjoy your avatar BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor BeatKitano Posted May 28, 2009 Contributor Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I don't know if anyone asked, is it possible to assign shortcuts to brushes ? I can't do it and it would help me a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Jokermax Posted May 29, 2009 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 to tools - yes(hit END while hovering over tool). To particular brushes tip shapes - no, but i'd love to have that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor BeatKitano Posted May 29, 2009 Contributor Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Oh cool, thanks Jokermax, i was trying to do it with spacebar menu. (i can't associate clay, it always select the clay surface tool nto voxel clay. Am i the only one who got awfuly slow strokes with surface tools in rc87 ? < restarted computer, seems ok now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MattVG Posted May 29, 2009 Member Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I'm on Mac so maybe this is already in v87 but it'd be nice for there to be some sort of indication as to which direction the camera is looking when using hot keys to align it: front, back, left, right, top, bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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