New Member Brez Posted July 12, 2020 New Member Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 I'm very new to 3D coat and I'm trying to UV unwrap a model with edge selections but there are pink lines on my model that make is hard to see if I've selected an edge. They cover any selections / remain pink regardless. How do I turn this off? or do I need to do fix something on my model remove them? it's driving me nuts trying to find the answer. The only thing I can find online is that these are 'sharp edges' and I should select and clear them - but I can't figure out how to do that? Is there an option to disable their visibility in the viewport? Any tips would be great. (3D Coat V4.9.53) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hello You are right, those pink lines mark sharp edges and seams at same time, you only have to import the model again by turning off the sharp edges option on the original app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member Brez Posted July 12, 2020 Author New Member Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks for the reply. 'you only have to import the model again by turning off the sharp edges option on the original app.' I'm exporting an .obj from Cinema 4D and the term 'sharp edges' /setting sharp edges isn't really used... does this refer to phong breaks on the model, because it doesn't have any..? Only option I can see when importing to 3D Coat is the 'set sharp edges' checkbox and that is turned off. *attached screenshot I've tried turning it on and off on import and still getting pink lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 What i read is: phong breaks are the equivalent of smoothing groups, I think. This allows smooth areas with the appearance of sharp seams between. Note: This feature -Clear sharp edges- was added onto todolist. Hope to get it working asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member Brez Posted July 12, 2020 Author New Member Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 I just need to remove them/make them invisible in 3D Coat so I can UV Map. How do I do this? Can't I just turn off their visibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 First use the tool Clear seams, then the only way is to select Sharp edges tool and pressing ctrl+LMB to clear sharp edges manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member Brez Posted July 12, 2020 Author New Member Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks for the reply and advice. I think I'll just use another program for my UV mapping. I just want to quickly UV a model, I don't want to have to deal with these quirks. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Dextra Visual Posted March 14, 2021 Member Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Silas Merlin. This just hides the sharp edges. Edge loop tools are still hindered by the sharp edge presence. I have to use and older version of 3dcoat to unwrap and then import to a new version to use the recent features. I'm stuffed when I need to make changes the UV map though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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