Hi Folks, any idea if its possible to get the sculpting tools to interact with a live surface, it currently looks like they dont? Seems that quaddraw is the only way to slide along surface with a grab like brush. In past maya versions I used Dtools, but not sure if rich will be updating that tool for 2017.
Have you tried "tweak mode" in the standard move tool? This mode lets you select and move a vert/face/edge in a single click. Coupled with soft selection and either a Live object or Surface Slide toggled on, you'll get similar results without going into quad draw. These can be turned on in the move tool options, or the…
Thanks for the suggestion Throttle Kitty. However I'm trying to keep a more sculptural based tool set for this particular workflow. While that technique would work, it has limitations in terms of smoothing onto a live surface. Quad draw does more or less exactly what we need, but I was just hoping that someone knew of a…