The fastes way to add holes in your HP

PetrMaxa

Hey guys,
i am currently using May 2016 and i was just wondering if there is a faster way to add holes in my high poly mesh. Usually i use boleans and and then fix each vertex to avoid artifacts in normal maps. But the workflow is too long I want to have it in my mesh so i could bake AO I used to use circle normal overlay but i was missing AO map 

repete

You can start with this maya script: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/tdarrangecircle

The rest involves adding support loops.

So you have your flat circle, select it and bevel it in to create a support loop for the inset:

In modo this is done in seconds.


Some more tips: http://polycount.com/discussion/119941/extrude-inset-perfect-circle-maya


Cheers

Bek

It's also a good idea to use less sides since it's going to subdivide anyway; 8 sides should be more than enough.