Member Hoegbo Posted February 4, 2012 Member Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hi I'm new to 3d coat and I'm slowly trying to get my head around the workings of this software. I'm making a sculpt of a cartoonish knight of sorts , and It has some sharp edges I have been working with the varius tools in voxel and surface mode. but I wonder if there is a way to use models as a brush so to say. ie having a cube brush to cut out hard surfaces. is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member johnnycore Posted February 4, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 You can Import a .obj file and use it as a brush, but it will create a normal map out of it so its quite limited I have to say. This way its only possible to generate depth in one axis. When you are working in the voxel room, you could use the merge tool (in voxel mode) to insert a model and place it anywhere you like on your current model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Hoegbo Posted February 4, 2012 Author Member Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Thank you for the reply. the import obj to brush was a help. the merge tool will help me to what I want for now. A cross between the brush and the merge tool would have been awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psmith Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Yes, use the "Merge" tool in the "Voxel Room" and select the model of your choice. Adding it positively, you can use "On pen" to adjust it's scale, position and depth "on the fly" - and you can apply it as a cutting shape (boolean) by holding down the "Ctrl" key while left clicking. Greg Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Hoegbo Posted February 4, 2012 Author Member Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ah great ! this is exactly what I needed I guess I should read up on the tools some more. Thanks for the help both of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 For the painting room or otherwise actually using a model as a brush you can also just drag the OBJ or LWO file into the 3DC window and it was ask what you want to do with it. If you're using Windows you have to have UAC (User Account Control) turned off in order to do this. I learned that the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Hoegbo Posted February 7, 2012 Author Member Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 gotta love drag and drop thanks phil. starting to have a decent arsenal of weird "brushes" Maybe I'll upload a package of brushes/simple shapes when I have enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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