tool to speed boolean work flow in maya

tsungyuw · Jul 2019

https://youtu.be/9zYBgK-j0hY

After I used boolean plugin 'bool' form mainframe,
I am start adding a bit of tools on top of it to speed up boolean work flow in maya.
still need lots of work.
anyone useing boolean work flow in maya?

PolyHertz · Jul 2019

That link doesn't work have to cut off the numbers: https://vimeo.com/3djoe/

tsungyuw · Jul 2019

Fixed link, it should be work now

onionhead_o · Aug 2019

cool looks like it is similar to boxcutter from blender

pOgOstyle · Aug 2019

Looks great! Sadly mainframe did't develop their tool even further...

So how can i test your improvements

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tsungyuw · Aug 2019

It still need bit more work, many bugs need to fix, I would like to add symmetry function and better way to edge bevel output mesh.
but I can start to feel fun using boolean operation to design inside maya.

few more test...

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/71/pii824lfbwna.jpg

romix · Aug 2019

Currently, I'm using DCbool Manager script\plugin, but yours look a way better! Keep it up

What about performance tho? Did it cost extra fps to bool simple objects?

tsungyuw · Aug 2019

maya boolean can became very slow after about 10 operations, the way for me to keep run faster is I 'bake' all the cut block into a group, and use result mesh as new mesh and continue with new boolean. and if I need to remove or modify any previous cut block, I have a button to restore everything, of cause it will slow down everything again, then I just 'bake' it again.

https://youtu.be/jDNFWzjPINE

tsungyuw · Aug 2019

Just added a new function - drawCut,

now you can draw box on the mesh directly.

https://youtu.be/KfekKMDOZ5c

tool to speed boolean work flow in maya

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