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1. Advice on this topology problem? (Converging hard and soft edges)

   

   

   Topic by MatCGI · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   I am trying to create perpendicular edges partway through a square-ish shape. I want one edge to be soft, and the other sharp. My first attempt: With this attempt I thought to pull apart the edges on the soft edge, so they diverge away from the hard edge and minimize the issue. The topology: The Issue is that I still get a…

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   Reply by MatCGI · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   It looks like this: It seems that it fixes the problem mostly, but I'm hoping to make it just a bit cleaner (fixing up the distortion around the vertices/edges I moved). That may just be limitations with how the model is shaped though :)

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   Reply by Epitaph · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Have lots more geo. Imagine your mesh with some subdivisions, and without that problematic vertical sharp detail - once everything looks correct, you can easily get that vertical sharp detail by pulling an edge without much support loops.

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   Reply by hwaminjung · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Yes, that would be the solution. The highpoly is simply just "data" that will be used in the bake maps, so it doesnt matter what to do to achieve the high poly. If you are working low to high and find issues, make the low, duplicate it and put enough supporting edgeloops and then subdivide for the high.

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   Reply by MatCGI · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   I've not worked much with baking maps, so I will definitely look into this in the wiki.

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   Reply by jgarrison · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Second this. The way I would go about it is subdividing the shit out of it, rezolving the issue with sculting tools, and then make a normal map.

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   Reply by atunnard · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   Does moving these verts out to the halfway point help?

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   Reply by MatCGI · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   So like sculpting out the problem and baking it to a low poly mesh?

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   Reply by MatCGI · Mar 2022 · Home› 3D Art Showcase & Critiques

   I used your advice on a different shape and it helped quite a bit! :)