What's the best quad re-meshing solution now?

gnoop

For  terrain,  hard surfaces  etc.    Does modern Zbrush  advanced it over old free one?

Some cool addons for Blender maybe?

AI something?   isn't it a perfect case for AI .

I am especially interested in terrain re-meshing,  Rock walls  etc.   Zbrush  2022  doesn't seem especially good for it.   Does Houdini  have something new and magic ?

Eric Chadwick

3ds Max's new Retopology modifier is pretty awesome in my experience.
https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-57B77A00-5300-47CB-99E1-22B9C536B060

gnoop

Cool. Thanks Eric.   Have it been  upgraded with 24 release?    I am on Max 2023  and it's same as in Zbrush 2022  mostly .

Eric Chadwick

Well, you can always check the “What’s New” section for info. 

They added OpenVDB to the Boolean modifier, which helps retopo on difficult meshes. Worth a look, can be combined with Retopology for interactive results. https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-9D307A37-146D-4D29-8926-F1E56D063DF2

Changsoo has some cool stuff on his site: 
https://youtu.be/02wacXh-1UQ?si=Ni1hvDke11i4lXR2
also check his extensive change list, there’s mention of Retopology (search the page for it) https://cganimator.com/unofficial-3dsmax-whats-new/

Eric Chadwick

He has a few cool vids of what’s possible https://youtube.com/shorts/qp4zgwO2giQ?si=2XPoqOtmrNWA-urs

gnoop

Thank you Eric  for those interesting links