I hate Y is up (I quit Unity a while ago so nothing I have uses Y is up). Blender Z is up and Rhino is Z is up (maybe I changed a setting though, forgot), Substance Painter I don't really notice if it matters though, and my final destination is Unreal Engine 5+ and Z is up. So, I am learning 3DCoat and I changed it to Z is up... but in 3DCoat it isn't really making Z is up all the time? Example is I am in ortho mode and I go to the camera Front view in 3DCoat but  it says it is the Right view and the gizmo looks upside down? with Z up in 3DCoat: Front is Right, Right is Back, Back is Left, Left is Front, only Top and Bottom seems to work as expected   I think the gizmo just isn't being updated as Z is up and thinks Y is up? but it is all very confusing along with 3DCoats' non intuitive UI (so keeping a theme) Is this a known gizmo display bug or is this how 3DCoat just works? Confused.    

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Thank for advice, i appreciate. But to be honest these issues are minor for me, i know if i spend a bit more time with scan depth tool and topology I can get a better baking result. The major problem is 3DCoat can not bake model with overlapped UV. Substance Painter can do this. 3DCoat need extra UV set manipulation to do this. Also 3DCoat can't properly render Painter normal map. If you show me a solution of these problem i will be very appreciate. If you don't have it, send my message to developers, and maybe after year-two the problem will be solved .

Using this settings brings this result The backside edges have an offset To move the vertex will fix the issue. Any spot found means bad shell (i/o) settings Use scan depth tools to vary scan depth by zones (as are explained on this doc) Hope this help

It didn't help. I made video comparison . Here a part of my model. https://mega.nz/folder/ELMjSIzC#YPYBSuUWvr9406OvL4M-rw

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Hi Elemo, I noticed that the painting layers look different now, and I understand the excitement for big changes but it is complicated because it depends on the 3dcoat architecture. While small improvements are always welcome, I believe the focus should first be on improving the user experience (UX). Why? Because although 3dCoat has a lot of powerful tools, it can be overwhelming for users to understand and navigate them effectively. For example, yesterday I was working with polygroups in the Retopo Room, but when I switched to the UV Room, my model disappeared. I couldn't figure out how to transfer my polygroups to the UV Room to create UVs. Each room feels like a completely separate entity, with no clear connection between them. This disconnect makes it challenging for new users to grasp the workflow and overcomplicates the pipeline for something as simple as creating a basic asset. Additionally, the inconsistency in shortcuts across rooms adds another layer of frustration. For instance, I'd like to assign different shortcuts for modeling and painting tasks, but the current system doesn't seem to support that flexibility. While the UI is not bad, it could definitely be refined with small improvements (as kaizen methodology). However, improving the UX should be the priority to make 3dCoat more intuitive and accessible, especially for new users as me.

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For transparency, turn off Layer0 visibility   Your SMat: preview icon look ok   depth of Layer2 is at -15 ?    

theres been changes to ui/ux? i have 2024/31 and ui looks the same .. all menus look the same too ... since like v2

Can't you just make it available in the the new extension system in blender so we always have access to the latest version of applink?

so i made this object that needs to use transparency as its baked on to a flat plane. i thought i had to create or assign a layer as an opacity mask to get layer zero to not show up. that caused the preview materials to not display or display as fully transparent. so i removed any opacity "clip mask layer" info from that field and my materials previews worked again. so i was still wondering how do i get this layer zero to not ruin my opacity for this object. well i set its layer opacity in layer blending from 100 to 0. i then used the tracer lines 2 layer from the original bake as transparency for all other layers and i believe im good now with it. see image no. 4 for anyone in future do not assign a clip mask to a layer zero but instead just set the layer zero to zero percent opacity. i think....lol

Ive been using the link and APP Carlos supplied. I have no issues with it in Blender 4.3

Amazing! I've downloaded the latest version of 3dCoat, and there are significant improvements in both the UI and UX. If they keep enhancing it, more artists will be interested in learning the software, and the learning curve will become less step. I hope developers work on improving the creation of pie menus. These types of widgets are highly flexible and provide a much better user experience.

ive narrowed it down to a layer in the paint room doing it but im not sure which one. 

tried past file on current stable build and problem is not happening.... so im more confused. the past file works fine the current reconstructed model file breaks the icon gen.  so something specific about this file or model is the problem even though reconstructed from exports.  im baffled ill try sharing my file