3ds Max Low-Poly Triangulation tool

8bitboy · Nov 2015

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 · Nov 2015

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 · Nov 2015

Thank You, you saved me a lot of time.

SonicBlue · Nov 2015

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 · Nov 2015

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

SonicBlue · Nov 2015

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 · Nov 2015

Right you are.

3ds Max Low-Poly Triangulation tool

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