Member Jakejazz Posted September 30 Member Share Posted September 30 Hello all. I am retopologising the upper half of a character. It has a jacket that was modelled separately but is included so that I generate a single piece of geometry. This means that I am creating geometry away from the model at times. You can see a false 'base' on the screen grab attached. When smoothing the geometry I want to avoid it smoothing the lapel and hem of the jacket - is there a way of doing this? Also can I smooth visible areas only. At the moment when I smooth the outside of the jacket it smooths areas on the inner side, that I don't want to snap to the model (eg the base'). Any help would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Grakino Posted September 30 Member Share Posted September 30 (edited) This post was recognized by Carlosan! Grakino was awarded the badge 'Helpful' and 1 points. @Jakejazz Choose select, edge mode. Select edges you don't want to smooth. In "Selected" section click on "Mark as Sharp" button. The "Clear Sharp" cancel sharp. About visible area only i don't know, never try. There might be situation when you apply sharp but nothing happen, in this case just rotate you camera a little bit to refresh you screen. Edited September 30 by Grakino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 1 Author Member Share Posted October 1 Thank you Grakino. That helps. It is surprising that 3D Coat doesn't have a visible only function. Even the selection tool seems to select everything beyond the cursor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Shapov Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Jakejazz said: ven the selection tool seems to select everything beyond the cursor. The only advice I can give is to Ignore back faces in the selection mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 1 Author Member Share Posted October 1 Thanks for that Oleg Shapov. I don't see the option for 'ignore nack faces'. How to I get this to display? I am working in Retopo but don't see it in Modelling either. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Shapov Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Jakejazz said: How to I get this to display? Please show a screenshot of the Modeling room and e-panels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 1 Author Member Share Posted October 1 Here it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Shapov Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Jakejazz said: Here it is click here or "e" hotkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 1 Author Member Share Posted October 1 Thank you Olg. Found it now. Sadly it will still smooth everything beyond the cursor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 When you select Brush tool 2 options opens: - Relax Sharp Edges - Keep bounds when... Try switching both options Hope it help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 2 Author Member Share Posted October 2 Thank you Carlosan. Unfortunately the area of geoetry beyond the brush is still effected. Also, just to check with you.. I don;t see the Relax option when I use the brush tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Shapov Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 9/30/2024 at 8:15 PM, Jakejazz said: When smoothing the geometry I want to avoid it smoothing the lapel and hem of the jacket - is there a way of doing this? An option to avoid smoothing out the invisible part. Запись экрана 2024-10-02 130259.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted October 2 Author Member Share Posted October 2 Thank you Oleg. I will try that out later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted Monday at 01:26 PM Author Member Share Posted Monday at 01:26 PM Hi Oleg. I have tried your work around and I don't have 'hide' or 'unhide' in my lefthand menu. Are those tools accessible elsewhere? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Shapov Posted Monday at 04:30 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:30 PM 3 hours ago, Jakejazz said: 'hide' or 'unhide' Hi! These tools will be available if you select Face mode in the Select tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jakejazz Posted Tuesday at 07:09 AM Author Member Share Posted Tuesday at 07:09 AM Thank you Oleg. I'll have to watch out for tools that appear and disappear depending on what mode I am in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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