QuadRemesher : new auto-retopo plugin for Maya, 3DSMax, ...

Maxime33

Hi,

I'm currently making an auto-retopo plugin for Maya and 3DSMax.

I'm looking for few beta-testers. Let me know if you are interested !

I will need your email to create a license key for the test - so just send me a private message with your email.

And let me know if you want to test for 3DSMax or Maya.

-------- NB: The plugins for 3dsMax, Maya and modo are publicly released. --------

Beta testing is closed.

You can download a trial here : https://exoside.com/quadremesher/quadremesher-download/

Many thanks to all guys who helped me!

Beta testing is still open for plugins for Blender, Houdini and C4D....

Cathodeus

Count me in, for the max version :-)

gvii

Count me in.

santa_oscuro

Sure I want!

RedMASK

Hi, i did some first test and all working ok , will try on more complex models

Cathodeus

Here are my feedbacks already sent in private but it can probably be of interest to other users

I'm quiete impressed

First feedback will be more a kind of wishlist : Please make it a modifier if possible it will be better for iterrative work.

As the CEO of the company making Keyhydra Lazercut your tool is realy powerfull in junction with our tool.

I used it like this during my crashtest [Will make a video tomorrow maybe] :

1. Boolean Modeling with KeyHydra Lazercut

2. Dont even need to turn to poly so keyhydra boolean stay live

3. Add subdivide modifier to subdivide the mesh with better poly repartition [avoid too big or too small]

4. Run your tool but as it is not a modifier everytime i need to delete the object and reselect my object than re run ...

This brake the workflow. Max users love modifiers, because it make everything procedural.

5. I apply open subdiv modifier on top and

6. Kick ass !

So first feedback is please, if possible make it a modifier.

Second feedback please make it even more clever like this users will not have to do the step 3. I don't understand why actualy do a triangle on a planar face is taken in account ... and sometime with boolean ops we do fall with a gigantic edge that will find a circular hole ... and this big gigantic edge avoid a good result with your tool ... this is why i had to subdivide the mesh with subdivide modifier.

It would be cool if your tool could ignore edges on planar faces. As long as they aren't hardedges.

That's it for today !!!! I love it ! And Fausto de martini will love it too i will talk about your tool to him.

Cheers and thanks again

Justo

I can try it in both Maya and Max! 

musashidan

Definitely I'd like to test this.

Octo

This is high on my wishlist in Houdini, I hope you'll consider branching out.
Zremesher is great for organics, but hasn't been ideal for hard surface retopo,
 is this something that can be addressed this time around?

suspectlogic

I would love to help test with Maya

staughost

If there are more seats for max. Count me in!

throttlekitty

I'm interested!

goekbenjamin

Sure! i am also interested for maya, i will try to help and test it

musashidan

Anyone else after the first few posts heard back from the OP since he posted this?

Maxime33

@Cathodeus: Thanks for your feeback.

I agree with the need for a 'modifier'... will certainly do it for a v2!

About avoiding point 3 = Subdivide : The plugin should be able to get big triangles as input. Plesae send be a 3D file so that I can see the difference with/without subdivision...

Maxime33

@Octo: Yes I already started the plugin for Houdini. I will let you know when it's ready to test!

I improved a lot the retopo of Hard-Edge shapes....

ant1fact

Is there any chance you would consider making it for Houdini?

LaurentiuN

@ant1fact look above you!....

Maxime33

@ant1fact : Yes!   good to see another 'vote' for Houdini. I will let you know when it will be ready...

ant1fact

@s1dK @Maxime33 I know it's only January but can I get the blindest person award for this year? Btw awesome news and sorry for not reading through the comments properly

guillaumeo

Hi @Maxime33, I'd be super interested in testing the Maya version of your plug-in if it's still available for beta.

DeDron

Hi @Maxime33, very inetersted in your plugin! Can I try this?

victoraguiar

Hello @Maxime33
If possible, can I still get on the beta? I could try wih both Maya  and Max

EGGO

ANy plans for other software? C4D may be... )

Maxime33

@EGGO: Yes. C4D in my plan but I have not yet started it...

EGGO

Maxime33 said:

@EGGO: Yes. C4D in my plan but I have not yet started it...

Great! Let me know if you'll need a tester!

Marcos_michelatto

Hello @Maxime33 
If possible, can I still get on the beta? I could try exclusive with 3dsMax.
Please   

Sam316007

It would be great to test the plugin. Is it still possible to get the beta version for maya? 

Cathodeus

hello Guys,

I did that video for you showing how i used Quadremesher with KeyHydra.

I was using an intel nuc at home [not my powerfull workstation] so please have it in mind when you see the Max ui blinking ^^. [the intel nuc do suffer].

Have fun

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfi735zyvotm85o/2019-01-31_14-12-15.MP4?dl=0

Maxime33

Hi,

Thanks for this video. Few comments:

1 - using SmoothGroups / HardEdges is a good way to get control on the quad-reemshing. (Materials can be used equivalently..)

So this is a good idea to use Slicing + tag Slicing Edges as 'Hard' fi you want more control on the retopo.

2 - Take care: HardEdges must be really well defined. Having too much HardEdges can perturbate the algorithm.

As an example, in the video, at 2'31 and 5'49 I can see too much green HardEdges inside the cylinder holes. I think this is perturbating the algorithm.

In the final remeshing, at 10'39, all HardEdges are well defined : The SlicingEdges + CylinderCuttedEdge, not more !

3 - There are still some bugs in the way the plugin is using HardEdges/SmoothingGroups... I will try to fix that ASAP.

onionhead_o

hi Maxime33,

Would it be too much to ask for Edge creasing support as well. like where edge creases weight will decide how hard the edge of the retopo will be

musashidan

Watching the Zbrush 2019 stream I see the Zremesher 3.0 is pretty much the same tech as we're seeing in this? I thought ZRM was in-house now or are you still working on it?

Maxime33

Yes ZRemV3.0 is the same tech than in QuadRemesher. I'm still working on QuadRemesher to improve speed and quality.

Maxime33

onionhead: Yes I will maybe add this feature.

onionhead_o

for me Qremesher is more intuitive, the settings are easier to understand. and setting hard edges is much easier to do in maya. just my 2 cents

Cathodeus

We can now do in max the same hard edge édition than in maya but to be honest it is buggy (conflict with smoothing groups)

Thanez

Hi, if you're still looking for beta testers for 3dsmax, I'd love to give this a go.
Some of my models have clean quaddy topo, and some with messy triangulated stuff on the flat bits, and I have a high-fidelity laser scanned model I'm interested in testing this on. Sent you a PM with my email.

OutOfMyMind

Maxime33 said:

Hi,

I'm the developer of ZRemesher and I'm currently making an auto-retopo plugin for Maya and 3DSMax.

I'm looking for few beta-testers. Let me know if you are interested !

I will need your email to create a license key for the test - so just send me a private message with your email.

And let me know if you want to test for 3DSMax or Maya.

Can you make it for Blender too? There's blender market.

Maxime33

I would like to make it for Blender but as far as I know, distributing my plugin on blender market would force me to make it open source. For this reason, I will not release it on BlenderMarket.

Do you know if I can release a plugin for Blender (without using BlenderMarket) without being forced to make it open source?

ant1fact

May I respectfully ask if there has been progress on the Houdini version? Thanks, and all the best

kio

hey maxime - regarding the GPL yeah its a trcky question - but there are bridges to renderman and vray for blender as well and none of these are opensource as far as I know. I guess if you set up your main programm in a way such that you pass the data to it via a command line interface or something similar it could work? (which would be a nice feature on its own..) Not a laywer or too deep into this topic, this probably needs some reasearch

Maxime33

ant1fact said:

May I respectfully ask if there has been progress on the Houdini version? Thanks, and all the best

I'm now focusing on algorithm improvments, I will continue my work on Houdini later....

Maxime33

Hi kio,

If I make a plugin for Blender, I will need to be 100% sure that I will have no problems with the GPL.

I would like to talk about that to someone from Blender but I don't see any contact link on Blender's web site.

Does someone know how I can contact someone from Blender?

sarlucic

Maxime33 said:

Hi,

I'm the developer of ZRemesher and I'm currently making an auto-retopo plugin for Maya and 3DSMax.

I'm looking for few beta-testers. Let me know if you are interested !

I will need your email to create a license key for the test - so just send me a private message with your email.

And let me know if you want to test for 3DSMax or Maya.

Hi there! This tool looks absolutely amazing, any update on the Maya version if i might ask? Can't wait to throw my money at this. If you for some reason need a beta tester more for Maya, I'm here!  Thank you so much for taking your time to develop awesome tools  !

staughost

Maxime33 said:

Hi kio,

If I make a plugin for Blender, I will need to be 100% sure that I will have no problems with the GPL.

I would like to talk about that to someone from Blender but I don't see any contact link on Blender's web site.

Does someone know how I can contact someone from Blender?

Hey blender community is very open. You can just ring ton Ton Roosendaal from anywhere, tweeter for example. Anyway your plugin uses external "software" anything you do there will not be a problem since you are running it outside blender. So it can have it's own licensing. That is how corrona, vray, uv packmaster and bunch of others can work with blenders gpl. And you can sell it on gumroad.

Btw finally got the time and model to do heavy work with your plugin. Brace yourself reports incoming

Maxime33

Thanks staughost. Ton confirmed this as well.

MetinSeven

Hi @Maxime33 ,

I'm an ex 3ds Max user who is very happy using Blender and ZBrush since a number of years. If your new ZRemesher-like tool would get a Blender version, I would definitely buy it, because it would allow me to switch between Blender and ZBrush a lot less. And I'm 100% confident that a lot of fellow Blender users would buy the add-on. There's a lively market for Blender add-ons and it is growing fast with the imminent release of the increasingly popular Blender 2.8.

When you've started a Blender add-on version of your tool, I'll be very happy to test it, having a lot of experience using ZRemesher and 3D-Coat's Autopo.

Many thanks in advance.

Maxime33

Thanks MetinSeven. I will tell you when it will be ready. It seams that some artists are switching to Blender. I'm curious to know how much... Do you have friends or co-workers which are switching to blender as well?

dan2

+1 for the blender version. I have a couple co-workers who are transitioning from maya as well.

TheFlow

+1, using Blender and ZBrush together mostly but most of the time I just send things over to ZBrush for retopo. Great to hear you are working on something. 

RaphaelBarros

staughost said:

Maxime33 said:

Hi kio,

If I make a plugin for Blender, I will need to be 100% sure that I will have no problems with the GPL.

I would like to talk about that to someone from Blender but I don't see any contact link on Blender's web site.

Does someone know how I can contact someone from Blender?

Hey blender community is very open. You can just ring ton Ton Roosendaal from anywhere, tweeter for example. Anyway your plugin uses external "software" anything you do there will not be a problem since you are running it outside blender. So it can have it's own licensing. That is how corrona, vray, uv packmaster and bunch of others can work with blenders gpl. And you can sell it on gumroad.

Btw finally got the time and model to do heavy work with your plugin. Brace yourself reports incoming

I'd like to show my interest in your tool being ported to Blender and reinforce what staughost said. As long as you have your plugin being external and use the Blender addon just to import and export, then it can have its own license.

Some people are discussing how awesome it would be to see your tool in Blender if you want to have some idea (as well as seeing some new and exciting Sculpting Development being brought to Blender): https://blenderartists.org/t/pablo-dobarro-reveals-his-master-plan-for-sculpting/1150731/481