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References for Poly Edge flow?
Being a noob I'm focusing on poly flow, staying with quads and building models in Maya. I have Zbrush as well and am very comfortable with it but I want to focus on how to build models with great edge flow. I was just wondering if the community had places to go for reference on good edge flow? It would be nice to get some… -
Maya - Border edge problem
hey guys I was hoping you could help me. i made a lowpoly model in maya and when i took it into zbrush one of the edges started to split on me. i went back to the low poly and made sure everything was properly welded, but it still keeps splitting when i used the display border edges it showed me that i still had a border… -
Edge Sliding in 3ds Max...
Hey, I just have a hopefully quick question for you guys. Is there an edge sliding tool in Max? When I was playing with modo a while back, I found the edge sliding tool quite useful. If you are unsure what I am talking about, in modo it allows you to slide edges along a surface without losing the shape/topology of the area… -
Jagged Edges in Normal Map
Hey guys, got a problem with normal maps and was hoping for some advice. Baking in SP cause these jagged edges. Where ever these jagged edges appear is on areas which I've marked sharp. So how am I supposed to control shading in my low poly without ending up with these artifacts? I'm guessing adding more geometry/bevel the… -
Re: maxscript: is there an elegant way to identify the edges bordering a face selection in editable mesh
Yes, in editable mesh, each face has it's own set of three edges, when you want to get the matching edge of the neighbor face, there's meshop.getEdgesReverseEdge (there's also a code example in the mxs reference). So one way to get the border you wanted (this depends on the use case, of course): selEdges =… -
Re: Second /detailed normal map blending to provide seamless look over hard edges/uv splits ?
Well ... outside of the LOD aspect (which imho isn't the most convincing ...), the part about using a Split Hard Edge Modifier to avoid manually placing UVs doesn't make sense, since the algorithm used to split edges by angle is the exact same used by the "Select Hard Edges" command (which, admittedly, is the worst named… -
How to flow from high to low edge loop amount on a subdivided mesh?
I want to have more edge loops in some areas, while having less in other areas. How to you go about that while maintaining good topology? For example, here is a car I'm modeling. I only need to have about 5 edge loops for the hood, but I want more for the fender. The font of the car also requires alo't of edge loops, but I… -
Can't get correct edge wear with Quixel ddo
Hi I've been trying to use quixel ddo to generate some edge wear maps but I'm not getting a decent result. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, I already watched some tutorials but still can't figure this out. When I apply a material preset, for instance some metal with worn edges, all the generated maps are completly off… -
Re: Sketchbook: Frank Polygon
Subdivision sketch: Charging handle. A quick look at a shape first approach to modeling something with complex compound curves. Start by blocking out the overall volume of the part and use that mesh to figure out a basic loop routing pattern for the rest of the forms. Continue developing the block out by outlining the… -
Beveled edges or beveled normal maps??
I came across this while doing some research: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022324/The-Ultimate-Trim-Texturing-Techniques From what I understand, this was a technique used about 2 years ago. Is this still relevant? How much is this used compared to just beveling the edges? Wouldn't just beveling the edges be easier? I…
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