Technical Talk

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3ds max 2015 - scene explorer errors out all hotkeys Has anyone experienced this in Max 2015? You're making a prop, and decide to use scene explorer to make some layers (high poly, low poly, etc) and organize your scene. You have your interface spread…	9 Last	cjwidd Jun 2019
Arnold in Maya rendering at 200% issues Hello everyone i have done a couple of test renders and everything works fine but when i select 200% quality the middle of the scene renders fine but the sides are noisy, and buckets seem to be stuck…	2 Last	juanoblagu Jun 2019
Help: I'm desesperate with a Guitar Case Strap. (Rigging) Hello, I’m new here and never asked for help on online forums but i don’t find any answers anywhere.I’m currently making a guitar case with shape of a guitar pick for an animation (above image). The …	11 Last	Nesskap Jun 2019
Zbrush to Max head retopology Hey everyone,So, I'm just getting into learning sculpting in Zbrush. I've got this head as far as I want to take it and now I want to retopo it in Max.I've never retopo'd anything before or really ma…	2 Last	ChrisFraser Jun 2019
A Bunch of Time Saving Tools for Blender (Free) This thread will act as a place for me to post and share some scripts I've been working on in blender. These scripts are not designed to work as standalone addons. I use Pie Menu Editor to execute my…	20 Last	Zelfor Jun 2019
tank rig for video game Hey all,would you recommend a method for rigging a tank in Maya for games in Unity?I found one but it needs too much joints for optimizing the treads...	7 Last	Elie Jun 2019
PBR: The Problem with Greyscale Metalness So I've seen a lot of posts regarding physically based rendering around lately, and one of the things I commonly see discussed is "metalness" and how to use it appropriately. Firstly I'd like t…	68 Last	metalliandy Jun 2019
Cylinder with holes in it - 3DS Max Hello, I am modeling a browning 50 Cal Machine gun and i am struggling to make the main barrel bit that has the holes in it.Im trying to boolean it but the topology comes out bad.Whats a good method …	1 Last	ArmoredArtist Jun 2019
Did I UV this properly? I'm trying to get better at UV Unwrapping objects. I've been thinking about purchasing Rizom, but I've been using 3DS Max's default UV unwrapping tools for the most part. This is a low poly of a REAL…	6 Last	musashidan Jun 2019
Connection of pipes Hello,Can you help me to connect this pipes (3dsmax) ? I am in a deadlock, I don't know how to do it...thanks a lot	3 Last	cedced Jun 2019
How to apply details to the jacket? ZBrush , Maya or Substance Painter? Hi, I just finished modelling jacket from CP2077. As Im quite new to modelling I would like to aske you how should I apply details like zipper and stiches through normal maps to my lowpoly model. Sho…	4 Last	mattmaks Jun 2019
Overlapping UVW autopack? Hey guys, asking for a friend! (true story). Is there a possbile way to pack UVW that are overlapped using autopack without them "un-overlapping" in 3ds max 2020(latest update)	2 Last	wirrexx Jun 2019
Pretty Modeling Colors -- Free Script for Maya I've been actively coding again, writing tools for my students and fellow professionals and have several new FREE scripts for Maya that I think people will find useful, if not fun. I will post separa…	2 Last	jbuck Jun 2019
Making Blender more like max I am attempting to use Blender at the moment, I usually use max, however this is a student license. Does anyone know if there are any plugins or themes for Blender which make it similar to the contr…	14 Last	Poly_Nut Jun 2019
Laptop Recomendation. Hey polycounters!I'll be making a trip to US in a few months and I wanted to take the chance and get a nice laptop for work and gaming too.I mostly user 3ds Max/Maya , Zbrush , Substance Painter and …	2 Last	PolyHertz Jun 2019
Small softwares that can be used to boost workflow? So a while back, I found Modo and got pretty excited about it, but since then, I've been finding other, smaller softwares even that just supplement a 3D workflow. Rizom UVs was one that I'm excited a…	5 Last	TheGabmeister Jun 2019
Normalizing UV Hello,i used UVLayout v2 Pro from Headus for the first time for my UV unwrap.I modeled a temple entry in 3dsMax and used a bridge script from Miauu to send it to UVLayout.There i unwrapped my model, …	5 Last	ViKa Jun 2019
Closed Moved to Allegorithmic Substance section: Weird issue with Substance painter 2018.3.3 This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
Highpoly ZBrush UDIM workflow? Hi,I have been learning about UDIMs lately and find them really helpful for texturing complex highpoly models with a lot of separate parts. However I am having a little trouble wrapping my head aroun…	2 Last	wenglish Jun 2019
Huion pen issue So I have been using my Huion H950 P Tablet with no problems for a while. Did a Windows update some few days ago, and then my pen stopped working properly. The right click stopped working unless I pr…	2 Last	melviso Jun 2019
Trouble importing OBJ from Blender to ZBrush Hello, everyone! I'm trying to export an OBJ from Blender 2.8 to ZBrush but the mesh is extremely distorted when I attempt it. Any help or advice would be appreciated!Export settings and project insi…	5 Last	floatfm Jun 2019
Smoothing Jagged Mouth Vertices In zBrush How can I smooth the ends of my mouth loops in zBrush? I want the ends of the lips to conform to some type of axis instead of just sticking out like this (messed up the mouth loops with Move Topologi…	3 Last	Deqa Jun 2019
MAYA - MEL function to get scene name ? hey guys, do you know if there's a function in MEL that returns the scene name ?	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2019
ZBrush Freezing when Exporting, Importing Hello, I'm working in version 2018.1 on Windows 7 and trying to save my sculpt, but anytime I save or export the document, the main ZBrush window freezes, the cursor turns into a white cross, and the…	2 Last	Beton_Brut Jun 2019
Dealing with texel density and tiling textures issues... Hi all -Running into a little bit of a texel density issue and I'm not sure the best way to go about it. I understand texel density as I've made good amount of scenes, but this new scene I'm working …	20 Last	poopipe Jun 2019
Straight UV grid or straight Checkerboard? I've been curious about this for a while, because I see a lot of really "pretty" UV grids online, with tons and tons of seams...I'm working on game models usually, so I try and keep the seam count ni…	2 Last	Obscura Jun 2019
basic rigging: aim constraint broken on mirrored joints I am looking to make my first IK rig.Things were going well until I hit this impasse, the aim constraint for the right arm is broken, it doesn't behave like the left side does as shown below.I mirror…	0 Last	Nimzo Jun 2019
Need Help - Having trouble with 3ds Max and AD Desktop App So last week I had an issue with 3ds Max not opening. I might have moved some files or something on accident. So I figured okay time for a fresh install anyways, it had been a while. I Uninstalled us…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
Hotel VR Experience I was approached the other day to create a VR experience for a hotels function room. As i have no experience creating a VR project I thought I would stop off here for some tips. First off, the projec…	8 Last	Prime8 Jun 2019
[Blender 2.8 add-on] iOps InteractionOps or iOpsIt is a set of operators which boost Blender interactivity between user and application by using only five functional buttons.Download:Click on green button and get iOps with Gi…	0 Last	Titus Jun 2019
How to get rid of "cancer" face in a model? Occasionally when I do modeling, this one trouble "cancer-like" face will suddenly show up and ruined everything, if I delete that one particular face, it will appear in another one, until I delete t…	3 Last	m4dcow Jun 2019
[Blender] How do I remove 2000 materials from my object? I was working on a tree, made 1 leaf, put material on it and duplicated it at least 2000 times. Once I was done with the tree I realized that my object has 2000 materials. Any ideas how to fix this w…	3 Last	Michael Knubben Jun 2019
How are these kinds of textures rendered? This is a free texture from here: https://3dtextures.me/2018/10/04/sapphire-001/Basically, I'm curious how this is rendered properly with height and depth to the render. Obviously if this textur…	2 Last	Thomas_Smith Jun 2019
Avoiding Mouth Poles On Head Retopo? Will It Affect Sculpting? Is there any way to avoid this mouth pole when doing a retopo on a DynaMesh head from zBrush? It's producing some odd pinching! First image is my sculpt's retopo and the pinching it produces in zBrus…	5 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2019
[Marvelous Designer] What Is the Proper Workflow Using, MD, ZBrush and Maya ? Hello everyone,I am wondering what is the best workflow for character modeling using Marvelous Designer with ZBrush and Maya ?There are many sub-questions I have related to this question :For the fin…	3 Last	anthonybp Jun 2019
best software for screen recording with audio. the best software for screen recording with audio will work in 3d.	10 Last	RacePeaceDay Jun 2019
Zbrush stitch help Hello, how make stitches on high poly model in Zbrush, in order to texture them after in Substance Painter, I mean use color ID or somethiing to apply material to stitch. Or only way is to use insert…	2 Last	triborg Jun 2019
Environment creating I've seen lots of article、tutorial、video about how to create environment , but it's all about general building 、walls、....etcwhen it comes to a environment after disaster like ruins I don't…	3 Last	Kenbro Jun 2019
Modeling cheek\side guards of some historical helmets - topology suggestions ? It seems people are more keen about modeling fantasy helmets or pseudo historical helmets seen from movies but little is known that actual helmets used along in history are equally fascinating. One f…	2 Last	Alex_J Jun 2019
Any ideas on optimizing a Maya files speed? (Tried everything I know) Hello, As the title states, does anyone know how to optimize the file?Currently I have a imported high poly model from ZBrush but have converted and imported as a GPU Cache and am doing the retopolog…	12 Last	gene098 Jun 2019
How do I reset transformations after freezing them in Maya So I have a problem, I managed to move my low poly model out of place and freeze transforms after, without realising that it would no longer overlap with the high poly. Now that I try to bake the nor…	5 Last	Alex_J Jun 2019
Texturing in Mudbox. HELP! Hello Guys!I was hoping that someone would tell me a little bit about texturing game assets. I am new to texturing and i was wondering if i should start textutring on Mudbox or is this method outdate…	6 Last	oglu Jun 2019
Portable desktop with ryzen cpu? I hate laptops and never need a computer working from batteries on my laps. Still I need one which I could take with me in a scanning trip or abroad that could work from a regular power s…	8 Last	gnoop Jun 2019
Maya multi cut question Hey guys. Just a quick question on multi-cut tool. Is there any way to keybind the edit edge flow toggle in the tool settings of the multi-cut tool? Or does it exist in a marking menu somewhere? Woul…	1 Last	Klaudio2U Jun 2019
[Vray][3ds max]Vray doesn't the transformations on objects take in consideration when rendering Vray doesn't take the transformations on objects in consideration when rendering. I don't know why. I made this simple scene to show you clearly my issue.I don't have this issue when rende…	2 Last	.Wiki Jun 2019
Zbrush: Hide/Show Spotlight-Dial - new Hotkey Hey there!I have reassigned the key "Z".Unfortunately "Z" is hide/show spotlight-dial, but since i changed the key i wanted to change the "hide/show spotlight-dial"-function with another key, but i c…	5 Last	goekbenjamin Jun 2019
How do I make an animated image with a transparent background using what I have? I have a bunch of texture image files (normals and metallic maps from substance painter), an animated model, the bare model, and am completely lost on how I could make a gif or something with this th…	1 Last	phixel Jun 2019
Need help with instancing in Maya Hello,I'm wondering how to make a one-way instance of an object. Basically, I would like to create an instance of a master object, with the ability to edit the clone without editing the master, while…	0 Last	Lerrp Jun 2019
Attempting to make simple animations for a game character in Maya LT, help is appreciated Hello Polycount 3D experts, I have been working on a personal project for the last few weeks which has been in the works since last fall. I have now moved onto the animation phase of the project, and…	0 Last	MMKH Jun 2019
Need help Unwraping? Hi I'm not sure it is right or wrong but how will you unwrap this part?	4 Last	jayantbhatt007 Jun 2019