Forum: 3D Modeling


Subject: Retopology Tools

kenmo opened this issue on Jun 07, 2017 ยท 67 posts


LuxXeon posted Wed, 14 June 2017 at 2:07 PM

When using AutoTopo in 3dCoat, it is strongly suggested you enable symmetry even if the model does not have perfect symmetry. Using symmetry will help reduce the calculations required by the algorithm to manageable levels on most objects. However, this did not help in the case of my test object. The AutoTopo took approximately 2 minutes, but the results were mangled and completely useless rats nest geometry. I'm sure had i incorporated some guide splines and density preferences I could have solved this issue, but that wasn't the point of the testing here.

Kenmo, I downloaded your model to have a look. The ship contains many small, intricate pieces which should be separated and re-topologized on their own as individual models, then combined with the main part of the model later. This is probably why AutoTopo calculation is taking so long for you in this case. Frankly, I'm surprised it's able to give you a result at all considering all of the smaller detailed parts on the model.

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