Member NLPLP Posted January 17, 2023 Member Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I have created a surface in the modeling room. How do I solidify extrude it (make it completely watertight solid all the way around) so that I can sculpt it in the voxel room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Reputable Contributor Fluffy Posted January 18, 2023 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, NLPLP said: I was thinking something along the lines of the solidify modifier in Blender. Try the Shell tool. First select the faces you want to "solidify" then activate the Shell tool... then use the buttons in the Tool Options window or the arrow gizmo to set the amount of extrusion... 4 hours ago, NLPLP said: Also there's no smart extrude on the latest build.....maybe it was taken out? Which version are you using? I have 2022.57 and the Smart Extrude tool is available in both the Modeling and Retop rooms. Edited January 18, 2023 by Fluffy typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Reputable Contributor Fluffy Posted January 18, 2023 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, NLPLP said: Thanks Fluffy thats what I wanted. Its weird though Smart extrude is not in my toolset or the right click menu when I have an active edge selection Yes Im running the trial version of 2022.57 For me it's located in the Add Geometry panel in both rooms (but you should also be able to find the Smart Extrude tool in the Tools Palette in either room by pressing spacebar or opening it via the Windows>Panels menu). It may be that it's just not immediately visible in the left panel since some tools are grouped together differently in different rooms. In the Modeling room the Smart Extrude tool is grouped with the Spine Tool and InSet tools, while in the Retopo room it's grouped with the other extrusion tools (Free Extrude, Normal Extrude, Extrude Faces & Extrude Vertices)... If you don't see it displayed in the left panel then try looking for one of the other tools in the same group and hovering your mouse over it. If you still can't find it try right-clicking any of the tools in that section and selecting the Show All Tools in Section option just in case it's gotten hidden somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Oleg Shapov Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 First you need to select something Then extrude. There are several tools for this. To quickly transfer a mesh to a sculpt On the official YouTube channel there are many video instructions about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member NLPLP Posted January 17, 2023 Author Member Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 Thanks Oleg I know of the extrude tools, but they all leave the mesh hollow on the backside, so I cant sculpt a surface...(at least not without doing a bunch of more modeling to make the whole mesh watertight) I was thinking something along the lines of the solidify modifier in Blender. Also there's no smart extrude on the latest build.....maybe it was taken out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Oleg Shapov Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 Then try the Shell tool as suggested above. Or, after extruding, close the area with the R-Fill tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member NLPLP Posted January 18, 2023 Author Member Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 hours ago, Fluffy said: Try the Shell tool. First select the faces you want to "solidify" then activate the Shell tool... then use the buttons in the Tool Options window or the arrow gizmo to set the amount of extrusion... Which version are you using? I have 2022.57 and the Smart Extrude tool is available in both the Modeling and Retop rooms. Thanks Fluffy thats what I wanted. Its weird though Smart extrude is not in my toolset or the right click menu when I have an active edge selection Yes Im running the trial version of 2022.57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member NLPLP Posted January 18, 2023 Author Member Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Fluffy said: For me it's located in the Add Geometry panel in both rooms (but you should also be able to find the Smart Extrude tool in the Tools Palette in either room by pressing spacebar or opening it via the Windows>Panels menu). It may be that it's just not immediately visible in the left panel since some tools are grouped together differently in different rooms. In the Modeling room the Smart Extrude tool is grouped with the Spine Tool and InSet tools, while in the Retopo room it's grouped with the other extrusion tools (Free Extrude, Normal Extrude, Extrude Faces & Extrude Vertices)... If you don't see it displayed in the left panel then try looking for one of the other tools in the same group and hovering your mouse over it. If you still can't find it try right-clicking any of the tools in that section and selecting the Show All Tools in Section option just in case it's gotten hidden somehow. Cool that worked! Thanks for everything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have created a surface in the modeling room.
How do I solidify extrude it (make it completely watertight solid all the way around) so that I can sculpt it in the voxel room?
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