NOT about ZBrush, but Max - Anyway to 'hug' a mesh to another mesh?

Ace-Angel

As the titles says, is there a way for me to 'hug', or warp my mesh to that of another mesh, in a simple fashioned way and in realtime, as I make the changes?

I tried a few scripts, like those of Retopology based solutions, but they all tend to shoot all over the place, and as scripts, tend to be a tad slow.

Cheers in advance!

s6

Have you tried a combination of skin wrap and morph ? I can't speak to how it would react in real time, But it works fantastic for "huging" one piece of geo to another. Depending on how dense the effected geo is it can be a bit slow.

After really recalling the process involved with a skin wrap and morpher, It probably wouldn't be of any use to you in real time.

joeriv

in the graphite modelling tools - freeform - polydraw (need to have an editable poly selected)

there is a move tool (vertices) and a conform tool (like a big brush) that you can use for it, might have to play a bit with the offset.

Ace-Angel

Cheers, guys, I will try those, but yeah, I don't think Skin Wrap would work in my case, I couldn't even get it to function properly right off the bat

spitty

yeah the graphite modelling tools on the freeform tab should work for this. conform and extend are two tools i use a lot. this youtube video shows them in action if that helps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxObTchvTs

cptSwing

turboTools has a Wrap tool which works nicely. Then there's the paid script "WrapIt", and also that slightly more obscure "Slideknit".

Noors

Wrapit is cool !
Skin wrap is to deform a mesh along another skinned mesh. Not what you want

Ace-Angel

Cheers guys, although I do have Wrapit, but I didn't know it had a Wrap function, I thought it only works with a base mesh started from wrapit?

Anyhow, cheers, I will try them and Slidknit too.

PS: I cannot use TurboTools since I'm still on Max 2009 :P

cptSwing

Nah, I never build basemeshes from within WrapIt. Select your Low and your Highpoly meshes (or mesh A and B in your case), enter the distance desired - this is probably the crucial part for you - and press autowrap or something. Your mesh will probably deform a little though