3D-Coat Retopo: Change Reference Mesh Color and Opacity

sogun

If you like to retopologize by hand and don't like the white shader of the imported reference mesh - it hurts my eyes and is blinding white - and you want to set your reference mesh a lot darker so you can see its details better while creating a new retopo on top of it, here is how you:

Change the Reference Mesh Color and Shader

1. File menu
2. Import for Autopo
3. Select your hipoly reference mesh : OBJ, etc.. -->click OK

4. AutopoParams window comes up. Set these settings:
Quadrangulation Quality: BEST, slowest
CaptureDetails: 100%
Turn OFF Voxelize Before Quadrangulation
Turn OFF Decimate If Above
Turn OFF Hardsurface Retopology

5. AUTOPO Wizard window appears ---> click on CANCEL
6. You reference mesh model is now nice and editable:

Select any Shaders from the right menu.
If the shaders aren't dark enough, right-click them--> Edit current object shader settings
---> Click on Color Modulation

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> set your favorite retopo reference mesh color--->OK

You can change the reference mesh OPACITY / TRANSPARENCY as well!!

7. Retopo Menu---> select IMPORT
8. Import your retopo mesh or begin a new retopo by hand
9. When you save this file, 3D-Coat will preserve your reference mesh shader and color settings.

Have Fun!

hansolocambo

As you can import the reference mesh or the retopo mesh at any time, it's possible to change the color whenever necessary. 3DCoat is so great

Carlosan

Ty !

Poly_Nut

Sorry to necro this thread but i just found out that you cannot disable wireframe or change mesh color of retopo mesh object.

This make previewing mesh impossible so does anyone have a workaround for this?