3ds Max Low-Poly Triangulation tool

8bitboy

I've been using retopology in Max for quite a while and would enjoy a better solution to cut the task of making a rock in half. I've tried Mesh Lab but whenever I use the quadratic edge collapse filter I can not export the OBJ. So I am stuck right now, using traditional methods of modeling. I would appreciate any feedback or input regarding software or plugins I can use to fix this problem.

PolyHertz

If you're coming from a highpoly source mesh in ZBrush just Decimate it, or in Max use the ProOptimize modifier. Why would you ever manually retopologize any organic non-deforming object like rocks?

8bitboy

Thank You, you saved me a lot of time. 

SonicBlue

What kind of error message gave you MeshLab, if any? Are you using "Export Mesh As..."?

I've used it recently and it seems to work flawlessly.

8bitboy

Yeah, its probably a user error, but I think the Zbrush Master Decimation plug-in is superior just because I use it frequently. 

SonicBlue

Well, if you are already inside ZBrush there's no particular reason not to use Decimation Master, I was decimanting Marvelous Designer meshses, so, that's the only option I had, and knowing a particular situation in which the software may not work correctly would have been useful in future usages.

8bitboy

Right you are.