Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) I haven't used 3D Coat in years. I'm coming back to it, but on version 2021, so I'm missing how to export a model with textures to FBX. I can see that I can export from the Paint Room and there is a Texture Baking Tool, but there appear to be multitudes of places to export various things in different rooms and I miss the old menu where you decide the resolution, file type, etc. Maybe I just need to take more time with it, but when I use the Texture Baking Tool and export, there are no files generated. I did see how this is supposed to be done in the manual (https://3dcoat.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=import_export:exporting_from_the_paint_workspace), but when I click Export Objects and Textures from the Paint Room simply has me choose a file type and name. There is no dialogue, as shown in the manual. Getting the textures exported is where I'm mainly stuck, but I can find nothing on how to export in version 2021. Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Hi File 》Export objects and textures. Activate constructor command to see export presets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) That's the thing. I don't get that dialogue. It simply asks for where to put the file and whether it's OBJ or FBX, etc. Then it exports after that. I never see the Window you show to even activate such a command. Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 You cant see on Paint Room this panel from File > Export objects and textures. ? note: this command is only available from Paint Room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) No, I can see in the Paint Room > File > Export Objects and Textures. Clicking that merely brings up a File Explorer window to choose where to save the file and what type it is. Then it simply saves a file, but no options come up. I can see the fbx, but no textures show up in the file folder. It sounds like I may have a bug, but it was there in 2021.70 and now in 2021.92, so maybe it's something else? Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Sorry my question ExportTextures is active ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Sorry, I'm obviously not making myself clear. This is the only dialogue that comes up with I click on Export Objects and Textures. There are no other options to choose from. There is no menu pop up. Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) I tried just letting 3D Coat reset the settings, but this didn't help. Is this likely a bug? Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Are you using latest version ? Uninstall old 2021 version, do clean install, purge directories. If everything is ok will be back to working as expected. Could you please add an screen capture or video of step and current panel popup. Is hard to find a solution shooting in the dark, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) I'm using 2021.92. I tried doing the reset settings option in the Settings area of 3D Coat, but it quickly crashed when I tried to see if my problem was fixed by clicking on Export Objects and Textures. The error it gave me was this: The steps I'm taking are to Select the Paint Room and Press File at the menu at the top and then press Export Objects and Textures. I then select the path, name for the file, file type and then it starts exporting and asks for how much poly reduction I want. That's it. I don't know what a video is going to tell you here. I'm uninstalling 2021.92 and installing 2021.70, since that's supposed to be a stable release. Although, that was where I started in this process. Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) So I tried it with a clean install of 2021.70, using the default head/bust so I'm not tainting the result with one of my files and it still does the same thing. Is it possible that because I only did a mesh for parts of the sculptree that it can't show this dialogue? Never mind. I tried doing quick topology meshes for all parts and then export and the same problem exists. Another thing I'm noticing is when I tell it to Autotopo the sculpt I want to use, it doesn't generate a mesh. This has to be a buggy version of 3D Coat. It makes me want to install Version 4, as it worked for the most part. Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Try this Windows > Panel > Start Panel Select > Paint UV mapped mesh Select default Sphere model When windows popup use default settings... paint something Next step: File > Export object and textures - Is export textures working ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 If decimate dialog show up is because is a Surface mesh without UVs, only vertex paint. And if no Uvs => No textures Sculpt > Retopo > Bake > Paint > Export Could you share the model (or part) to take a look ? (by PM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Solution alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Solution Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Yes, that works. This makes me think it's been so long that I'm literally forgetting how 3D Coat works, but so much has changed. I tried retopologizing 3 parts of my sculpt and unwrapping them. I hid everything else and then painted onto those three parts. When I click on Export Objects and Textures, I get the same issue I've had. What am I missing? Edited January 22, 2022 by alvordr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Old tutorial (v4) but still relevant Hope it help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 22, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Where this helped and worked is that I baked per pixel from the Retopo room. However, I don't recall having to do this before. Wasn't that supposed to automatically happen when you click on an object in the sculptree and do an autotopo for per pixel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Yes if you select this option (v2021.94) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 24, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 You just repeated what I said wasn't working. I said Autotopo for per pixel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Sorry I cant replicate your issue testing version 2021.94 Please contact support@pilgway.com asking for this problem Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member alvordr Posted January 27, 2022 Author Advanced Member Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Thank you. I reached out today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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