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Already baked model, to new topology? Rebaked. Is this a bad practice to do?Basically like lod's but baked down from say 300k to a 100k new version?BUT using the would've been lowpoly mesh, 300k, to the new 100k final version & NOT baking the…	5 Last	iam717 Jun 2023
Stuck on a very basic modeling problem - resolving complex poles Hello! I'm new to the forum because I really want to improve my very, very basic 3D modeling skills. :) I've been stuck on this problem for a couple of hours so I thought I'd consult some peopl…	5 Last	tomatthefarm Jun 2023
Cyberpunk 2077, how do you think they did this effect for the cybernetic implants? Hi, In Cyberpunk 2077 how do you think they did this effect for the cybernetic implants. Is it in a decal? or is there some clever UV placement? or is there some other witchcraft going on? I un…	5 Last	okidoki Jun 2023
UVPackmaster 2 for 3ds Max - New packing tool for max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sw_9ojKUYISaw this tool comeup on yt which was originally for blender. Looks interesting that it might produce some decent results inside max. Max's non-convex packin…	5 Last	Michael Knubben Jun 2023
Apple Vision Pro Apple Unveils the Mixed Reality Headset 'Vision Pro' –I love it but the price! - Mama Mia, that's a spicy meatball! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLt4-vnUcw&t=2s	8 Last	another caveman Jun 2023
Hair card normal map baking issue Hello, I am trying to render my hair texture in Arnold and having this weird problem where the normal map from aiUtility shader renders a green normal map. I am following this method https://www…	9 Last	Le_Sange Jun 2023
In subdiv complex shapes with tons of details, do you think it's possible to keep only quads? If a object is a hard surface object with really shiny texture, but won't bend/distort, how can you make sure that, there won't be any pinching in the normals, specially in the curved/round areas wit…	0 Last	DrBombs Jun 2023
A question about projecting details vs high poly to low poly bake? Is they're really a difference bewteen reprojecting high poly details onto a low poly retopoed mesh (in a software like blender, or zbrush), vs just baking high to low poly in substance painter (i'm …	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
Is this, generally speaking, good topology? I've been doing this model of a kunai for practice, and i wonder if i correctly created it. This object has no use, but if you really want to think about the purpose of it cosider it a videogame prop…	2 Last	Ruz Jun 2023
Broken buildings - vertex paint or use masks? Im making a bunch of broken buildings for a war scene where the materials blend between bricks/plaster where its broken. Ideally I would use vertex paint to make buildings look different, but that wo…	3 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
Setting up Maya for big scenes I imported oms data in blender, exported as fbx and imported in maya.I already figured out how to increase the view/draw distance, but everything is very glitchy. When i zoom in, it's cool. What else…	1 Last	Alex_J Jun 2023
Maya Scripts Hi there,Since www.highend3d.com doesn't work that well for some reason. Could anybody help me out by providing me with the following Maya scripts?- Zen Tools- Simple Pipe- Snap To Closes Vertex- ZhC…	4 Last	dikaqq Jun 2023
What are your thoughts on AI on hard surface modeling? What are your thoughts on AI on hard surface modeling?Do you guys think in the next few years it will be able to make really clean meshes?	7 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
Double Decal Trim Blender Unreal Engine Addon SN (Solum Night) I'm not good at writing addons, but I made a little addon that works with decals. It still needs to be refined to make it work perfectly, but I don't have time for that right now. If you want you can…	12 Last	SolumNight Jun 2023
3D asset store Hello Polycount community!I wanted to share a project a that a group of us has been working on for the past few months.we are uploading new assets every Thursday and New FREE assets are introduced ev…	0 Last	bombaby Jun 2023
Know any handy resources to improve my vehicle hardsurface modelling? I am currently working on these spaceships for my game. My polygon target for the highest LOD for now is around 30-50K.I am wondering if there are any resources, I could look at so I can improve my w…	1 Last	DrBombs Jun 2023
Ikarus Nest - Upcoming 3D Marketplace Community Early Access Welcome to Ikarus Nest.We're hoping to build a community of 3D artists, 3D printers, 3D hobbyists, and anyone else who enjoys 3D art and making the coolest DIY prints!We want to assist 3D enthusiasts…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
Is it ok to apply subdiv to have extra topology for small details? Hello everyone, I am trying to model a piece from Robocop 1987, picture below:Now I Have the basis for it, So my question is, when adding these details, that small, should I apply one subdiv lev…	6 Last	sacboi Jun 2023
How's this technique called? And how to achieve it... Hello there!I was making an environment when I came up with this problem. I want to have something very similar to this (Screenshot from Kirby's Forgotten Land) in which the terrain has a tilable gra…	15 Last	Klunk Jun 2023
Need opinions on round edge normal baking workflow Hi all,I have been following quite tiring workflow to get a nice round edge look on low poll meshes for game assets but not sure if this can be improved or if I'm doing some unnecessary work.Well, to…	16 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
ZBrush: UVs getting split on export Why are my uvs are splitted up in maya when I export a mesh from zbrush?Never had this issue before, it is driving me nuts!!!Tools - Export - "TXR"/"GRP" are ONOBJ AND FBX are not workingwhat I expec…	3 Last	aug Jun 2023
Blender transfer vertex order + transfer UVs Since the Blender Mega Thread is bugged somehow (I can't write an answer there), I'm opening this new thread.I'm having a problem with transferring the vertex order of one mesh to the next. I have th…	2 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
normal map/topology question hello everyone, i have been trying to minimize the topology of meshes just to test my abilities and study on the way and im having this issue almost always, there are these weird spots i get in some …	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
"Dirty" normal maps. Hello!I've encountered an issue while baking normal maps for my model.I am making this grandfather clock:Everything was fine, I made highpolys of different elements, unwrapped lowpolys, tested if eve…	27 Last	Kligan Jun 2023
[Blender], interior spaceship, PBR metal material Hi everyone. I'm working on a game, and it is my first time making a full environment. The game takes place in a big spaceship. I have my favorite reference image that I really want to go for. I don'…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
Need help: Baking artifacts along UV seams on curved edge Hello everyone.I'm Alex. I'm currently working my way through the process of High poly / Low poly game asset creation trying to understand the correct workflow.I'm doing my best to google everything …	4 Last	MrDibbler Jun 2023
maya question re multi sub object so if I have an object with more than one material and I click on a face with a pareticular material, maya does not automatically seclect that material in the attribute aditor like in blender.is ther…	3 Last	Ruz May 2023
[3ds Max Script] miauu's Scalpel miauu's Scalpel allows you to interactively subdivide (cut up) geometry by drawing lines. When you make a cut, it has to originate from a vertex or an edge. You can't create vertices inside faces.…	19 Last	miauu May 2023
[ZBrush] problem with "Multi alpha brush" round cutoff/clipping when using the drag dot stroke. When I create a multi alpha brush from meshes (after unify of each mesh) and use the dragdot stroke the 'alpha' is cutoff/clipped round. This depends on brush stroke size. Large sizes have more cutof…	5 Last	OccultMonk May 2023
Maya - any way to disable object selection on right mouse button marking menu? - Solved SOLVED - if you hold CTRL while doing the change component RMB gesture, it won't select a new objectIn Maya, if you have Object A selected and then do a RMB gesture to change component selection, any…	0 Last	Alex_J May 2023
Maya doesn't utilize PC to the fullest. Hello!I get pretty tired of Maya lagging when working with high density meshes decimated and exported from Zbrush.Here's an example:This is highpoly for baking. And whenever I select it, or if its ju…	8 Last	Alex_J May 2023
[3ds max] X-Form - smaller objects Hi. Why after applying X-form on my objects some of them changed scale and rotation? How to avoid this?	2 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2023
Exporting models out of Fusion as quads (and other helpful methods) Hi I did consider asking this on the Autodesk forum, but then realised Polycount would probably be better as the folk on the Fusion forums don't understand the game modelling workflows used.…	13 Last	DustyShinigami May 2023
Advanced Skeleton Face Rig Issues, Need help! Please help me when i built Advanced face :(( it had fault // Error: file: C:/AdvancedSkeleton/AdvancedSkeleton5.mel line 23315: More than one object matches name: SmileBulgeConstrainedOffsetCheek_R…	1 Last	Alex_J May 2023
Animation based AI software(s)? Hey guys,So I have been working on my metroidvania recently, and I was wondering if there is software that animates through AI?(obviously I'm not an animator, so I need something to get the job done …	3 Last	ZacD May 2023
[3ds max] Using bone to stretch via Move, wrong side stays - SOLVED I guess it is wrong to try to use Scale on mesh during animation. I want to stretch the 'legs' with bones at their base. So this is what I wanted to achieve: but this is wrong because it uses sc…	2 Last	Imc7R May 2023
Free Blender Plugin! (Asset Library) Introducing Baked Blender Pro Suite: Elevate Your Digital Art Workflow!Hey fellow artists and Blender enthusiasts!I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Baked Blender Pro Suite, a Blender plug-in des…	0 Last	liquid_bnb May 2023
Normal or displacement? This discussion was created from comments split from: Lost Island.	3 Last	rexo12 May 2023
Can´t open a file, help me. Hi,I have recieved a file that I can´t open. The file format is .dwgddsxmlI´ve tried to open it in 3ds Max, in autocad and tried to unpack the file but it doesn´t work. I´ve also tried to just change…	2 Last	iam717 May 2023
Please help with wrist bending CAT 3dsmax Hello everyone! I am quite a noob in terms of animation and rigging and im stuck. XDI need to fix wrist bening issue on my character and for that i used extra bone on wrist joint. But i dont understa…	3 Last	Arkideit May 2023
MAYA / why is this happening with normal maps in arnold render Hi,i would like to apply my normal map painted in substance painter but these jaggy edges happens, why ?i exported from substance with arnold ai standard surface presets and yet i have these re…	3 Last	Ruz May 2023
Is there a solution for converting 3D animated model to USDZ? I know many tools for converting 3D mesh with materials with USDZ, but these tools can't convert animated models to USDZ. For example, glTF / GLB / FBX to USDZ. Reality Converter is a great tool…	0 Last	daviddanji May 2023
Best practices for retopology: Is it acceptable to use tris here? Hello!Suppose I'm retopologizing a character model. The character has spikes. At the tip of each spike lies a single vertex:When I retopologize, I like to start with as few polygons as possible,…	4 Last	Ghogiel May 2023
MAYA / how to make character look directly to camera? Hi,i am creating 3d character artwork for my personal project, work in progress...so i want him to look directly to the camera from which im rendering my main shot. How to do it ?i centered cluster i…	5 Last	focus_method May 2023
Rigging a watch to get this kind of animation Hello anyone has an idea of how to rig this kind of stuff? I am trying to do something like this https://www.pinterest.com/pin/643170390557016740/	2 Last	Thekezad May 2023
Long planks Hi.I'm working on a church to improve some of my skills in creation of buildings (tileable textures, vertex painting) and I'm strongly inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2. However, one thing keeps puzz…	2 Last	Klunk May 2023
Environment artists, What techniques can I use for sharper/natural blending between terrain masks? I'm currently using mask's generated in World Creator for my terrain, problem is they don't hold up for close up shots, even at 8k. how can I get around this, are there some techniques environment ar…	1 Last	Alex_J May 2023
Megascans for Parralax Occlusion in Unreal 5 I grabbed a material from Megascans, it has a albedo, normal map and a texture with 3 channels.Red = AOGreen = RoughnessBlue = Displacement / Height ?I want to use the last texture for Parallax Occlu…	7 Last	Asim7 May 2023
3DS Max - UV - inverted polygons? Hey guys, some faces get highlighted with the "select inverted polygon" option in my uv's but i dont know why. i checked them on following things: 1. with backface cull they are not inverted at the…	8 Last	poopipe May 2023
3dcoat weird brush behaviour - Why does Blender feel better for handpainting than 3dcoat? Hello there, I have a question regarding handpainting. For some reason the brushes in 3dcoat seem to be really choppy, they tend to only target one side when painting on strong edges, sometimes heavi…	1 Last	xiphos May 2023