3DCoat 2021 Open Beta test!

[animk 96]

3 hours ago, philnolan3d said:

Haha, that might be problematic in a studio. 20 people constantly saying things like "Hey three D coat, open the sculpt room".

Sounds like a good way to promote the software.

[Silas Merlin 99]

5 hours ago, Gorbatovsky said:

Ha!
Now I understand why voice commands are needed.

For me too reaching out for keyboard is painful because it means letting go of wacom and 3d mouse.

But, voice commands are also a way to solve some of the shortcomings of 3d-Coat.
what I mean is for example in 4.9 3dc never remembers the latest alpha/stroke mode combination for the grow tool. It remembers an old combination and decides randomly every few weeks to remember a new one.
A voice command to call the grow tool can solve that by performing a series of actions to set up the tool correctly.

Keyboard shortcuts are nice for users with mouse/keyboard, sure, but they each do only one thing at a time.
 

 

Edited Monday at 08:54 AM by Silas Merlin

[Elemeno 3]

17 hours ago, animk said:

There's hotkey H to pick mesh directly inside the viewport.

Funny I choose 3d coat because I think it's easy to use.  Big plus sculpting in blender is that I can pose multiple poses of a character with bones, then adjust mesh with shape keys.

aww nice! actually did not know that.. doesn't say it anywhere either thank you

[gbball 213]

2 hours ago, Elemeno said:

aww nice! actually did not know that.. doesn't say it anywhere either thank you

You can also hover over your mesh and tap the f key to reset the camera pivot.   

[L'Ancien Regime 646]

21 hours ago, Silas Merlin said:

For me too reaching out for keyboard is painful because it means letting go of wacom and 3d mouse.

But, voice commands are also a way to solve some of the shortcomings of 3d-Coat.
what I mean is for example in 4.9 3dc never remembers the latest alpha/stroke mode combination for the grow tool. It remembers an old combination and decides randomly every few weeks to remember a new one.
A voice command to call the grow tool can solve that by performing a series of actions to set up the tool correctly.

Keyboard shortcuts are nice for users with mouse/keyboard, sure, but they each do only one thing at a time.
 

 

Working with a Wacom Cintique presents its own challenges and having voice commands would solve about 90% of them.

[AbnRanger 1,563]

38 minutes ago, L'Ancien Regime said:

Working with a Wacom Cintique presents its own challenges and having voice commands would solve about 90% of them.

 

[AbnRanger 1,563]

https://genievoicecommand.com/

[AbnRanger 1,563]

Another important link for the 3DCoat Voice Command trial:

https://genievoicecommand.com/3d-coat-trial-versions/

[Silas Merlin 99]

24 minutes ago, AbnRanger said:

https://genievoicecommand.com/

Does that work for you ? it never worked on my machine and the guy never responded on his forum thread.
Besides, it is single commands, you can't batch actions with it, or can you ?

I use VoiceAttack which costs 10 dollars or so.

Edited yesterday at 07:17 AM by Silas Merlin

[L'Ancien Regime 646]

Everything according to instructions works until I actually fire it up and it starts talking to me and then it announces it's malfunctioning.

Tried restarting 3D Coat several times.

Edited yesterday at 09:38 AM by L'Ancien Regime

[L'Ancien Regime 646]

2 hours ago, Silas Merlin said:

Does that work for you ? it never worked on my machine and the guy never responded on his forum thread.
Besides, it is single commands, you can't batch actions with it, or can you ?

I use VoiceAttack which costs 10 dollars or so.

Thanks, the price is right on VoiceAttack. Can you batch actions on VA?

https://voiceattack.com/Default.aspx

[spacepainter 27]

adding a simple cube to a scene takes minutes. beta 44

[welcomerobots 1]

Smart retopo 'destroys' random parts of already existing topology. The effect is the more intense the further is the object in the viewport.

[Gorbatovsky 75]

49 minutes ago, welcomerobots said:

Smart retopo 'destroys' random parts of already existing topology

Probably,  too large weld tolerance

[AbnRanger 1,563]

9 hours ago, welcomerobots said:

Smart retopo 'destroys' random parts of already existing topology. The effect is the more intense the further is the object in the viewport.

Weld threshold is likely too high, as Gorbatovsky mentioned and is mentioned in the video about the feature (toward the end)

 

[PolyHertz 133]

Wouldnt weld only be applied between the new patch and border/open edge verts? What purpose would there be to processing every vert on the mesh like that?
Looks like a design mistake.

[Gorbatovsky 75]

1 hour ago, PolyHertz said:

Wouldnt weld only be applied between the new patch and border/open edge verts?

Welding occurs only Current Rtp Group

[Ctc_nick 0]

Hi!

The test period ends in 10 days. Does anybody know what comes after this? I would like to continue working with 2021. Will the beta be extended, or can I reinstall it etc..?

(I have a recent license for 4.9, but like you said the upgrades will come with the final release.)

Have a nice Day!