Retopo and Edge connecting

decorix

Hi, 

Im doing a retop thing based from a dynamesh mesh in MAX but I have these cylinder type things. My question would i need to make everything flow into one mesh in that case I would need to make much more edge-loops on my Cylinder and also my base-model so I can stich all the verts together so it connects. Or can just close my base mesh and just have my cylinder stick into base mesh? My main goal is  LP mesh for game engine. Thanks

Eric Chadwick

No you do not need to make them flow together. Depends on the object. In the real worlkd, would those two surfaces be one surface, or would they be made of separate objects?

With non-continuous surfaces you will get more anti-aliasing artifacts. And you will have more work solving projection errors. But still, it is usually better to replicate how the real-world objects work.. separate or contiguous.

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Texture_Baking#Solving_Intersections

CreativeSheep

You could get those two objects together, although as Eric said it depends if you need or want them separated.

musashidan

As an aside, you could do with a lot of edge loop terminations that would drastically optimise the topology and help to clean up the roughness of the surface/silhouette.