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Great tutorial! I'm importing into 3dsmax with something close to your settings to clean-up, with auto smooth active on import into max, so with that I can ignore tangency issues, which are driving me nuts.
@modelenginerding6996 I picked up the model kit from the hobby store for the model sheets. The kit is way smaller than I want, so I am printing one at a much larger scale. The ones online are very low resolution, so I understand what you're saying. I scanned the sheets at 600 dpi, which came out very clear & clean.
@modelenginerding6996 It's incredible how quickly you can model things in Plasticity compared to other CAD apps. It has been a handy tool for model-making.
@georgegeluna6217 I was trying this the other day. I ran a bunch of parts through the Quad Remesher plugin and found that the results depend on the complexity of the geometry. The more complex the model, the more polygons it took to get a usable mesh. I couldn't get the polygon count down where I wanted it on the complex parts. Once I figure out the best settings, I plan to make a video on the results. Thanks for watching!
@Brocknoviatch Not sure exactly what you mean since there are many different instances of this. As far as I know no. In some cases you could use the match face command.
I just did something like this on a model i'm doing... How come on the model in the video, there are no other instances of that duplicated object in the outliner?
@hchattaway That's how it works when you use the place command. If it created pieces rather than just cutting away, such as nuts or bolts, they would appear in the outliner. So, essentially, it cuts the feature away and leaves a single solid object.
@ennisyui The cutter is just a simple solid that encompasses the feature. It does matter, but the method you use needs to match the piece you're putting in it and whether or not you want them separate or as a water-tight single piece.
@Adam-Levy I completely agree. I have seen that they plan to add history at some point in the future, but I am not sure when. My other CAD system has a history; to be fair, it also comes with its own set of issues. The only way I have ever seen history done where it is not a nightmare is when it is done as a node setup rather than a tree. So, I hope that when they add history, it will be in a node form. Otherwise, history will add a lot of complexity and force you to spend a massive amount of time on design intent. That would make the conception phase of Plasticity slow and non-intuitive. Right now, I just group all my construction elements and hide them so that it is pretty fast and simple if I need to make changes. It is not perfect but it works. Thanks for watching.
Just trying out the program but ran to an odd issue. Everytime I adjust to MM, the grid disappears. When I move back to inches it reappears. Anyone seen this before?
@dsngjoe2 Did you change your Grid size and accent lines? Also, you could try Ctrl-Shift-R a couple of times. I have not heard of this, but you might want to file a bug report.
Hello , Just wanted to thank you for making these videos but i am a newbie in surface modeling and i am having a hard time in understanding what a span and degree means , i know from your previous video that 4 point curve is 3 degree and also that a single span gives a smooth surface but why are we making these in the first place and what are they used for ? Can you please make a video on this ? Thank you very much!
@pranavtyagofficial Thanks for watching. I plan to make a bunch more videos covering this subject. They take a lot of time to make, so I can't tell you how fast I will be able to post them. Another issue I have right now is we lack the analysis tools in Plasticity, for example the curvature comb. Without these tools it is had to show a lot of things. Take a look at this page, as it has a lot of valuable information. www.aliasworkbench.com/theoryBuilders/TB2_nurbs2.htm www.aliasworkbench.com/
Thanks for the video. One thing it clearly shows is how much work Plasticity’s exporter still needs. Not saying one can’t get anything usable out of it, but if you need or want even somewhat clean and optimized topology, it’s going to take a lot of clean up. Ngons are hiding (not fixing) some of the issues, but even there you can see how many poor choices the algorithm is making with edge connections, all those discontinued edges creating unnecessary triangles and lacking control over local detail. Not to even mention those higher degree surfaces. As a workaround, in some cases you can/need to export a highpoly and rework the topology using automated and/or manual tools in f.ex. ZBrush or 3DCoat.
@kingcognito Thanks for watching. I agree that, depending on your individual use case, you may need to rework the topology in some cases. If I were going to use models in a video game, I would probably rework them, but I usually make actual real-world physical models from my designs, so in my case, I don't need to. My main focus right now is to show people how to work with the tools in their current state of development.
game models have to be much lower res than most of whats happening here. i can use techniques in blender to get the high and low at the same time, see chamfer zone's revolver tutorial. technique outlined there. i love plast but the amt of cleanup for game assets is kind of alot of work still at this point. also ngons kind of hide the geo your really gonna get. makes it much harder to asses whats really going on. ngon is just hiding polys from view it still makes them.
I agree with the ngons and the amount of clean up required. Disagree about the game models needing to be much lower res - unless we’re talking about mobile. Most other platforms can handle polygons just fine and there is no need for jagged visible polyedges in modern games. In fact, it’s often sensible to save time and move to the next asset, rather than optimize everything down to their last vertices and/or go with few more polygons to avoid those long thin triangles that can clog up the shader pipeline.
@marsmotion You are correct, Plasticity is not a good fit for everyone. I always tell people to use whatever tools they are comfortable with. At the end of the day, it's the results that matter, not the tool you get there with. I also try not to tell people how things should be done because it's different for each person. At the end of the day people should just be creating great things and having fun doing it.
I like that you're making some Macross stuff-- good use of the app! A third panel line method is to create a new body by cutting the object along the intended panel line, then chamfer each side of the two edges that meet. This gives a v-shaped scribe line... which is sometimes nice. It's little more crisp than the rounded channel, but a tad more subtle than the rectangular one. I also like that if I'm going to print and mold the part, the mold will probably not catch air bubbles, or tear quite as soon at a V-shaped scribe line. Depending on the depth and scale of course. But all three I would find useful, for sure. Cheers for the cool video!
@jameshakola3603 Thank you for the feedback! I'm a big Macross fan, for sure. It's something else I grew up on. I just finished the gun, and I am working on the VF-OS now so I can make a custom 4' tall version with my spin on the design. I like the idea of using a V-shaped scribe line. I had planned on doing a video of a few other methods as well, maybe I can add that method to the video. Thank you for the sub and for helping me grow the channel!
Thank you VERY MUCH for your videos! They are extremely important and helpful for people who came from polygonal modeling and is trying to figure out it all! ❤
I recommend that you start with face angle tolerance = edge angle tolerance face plane tolerance = edge plane tolerance This will give you SLIGHTLY better edge flow on a model like this
Once you get your UV mapping done, all you have to do is triangulate your mesh. That way, no matter what you're sending your model to, it will not matter.
Iif you triangulate your ngon mesh it may happen that some bevels will go crazy, i usually go in edit mode > select all > Ctrl Shif T (this command triangulate the mesh destructively and gives you a preciew of what the triangulste modifier will do) > ctrl Z to delete the triangulation (i just needed it to see what will happen in the future). if you have no bevels the object will be good 99% of the time even with ngons, if you have a 3 or 1 segments bevels be ready to do some type of manual triangulation in order to avoid sahding errors. In general ngons modelling is preferable for game assets with a lower tris count, it's a standard procedure to use ngons in modelling, uv mapping will be harder and sometimes manual triangulation gives you an headache.
imo it's better to add filets and bevels inside main 3d modeling app rather than fiddle with exporter settings, it'll never get those round corners right.
@MatheooPL I'm not sure about the technical difference. When testing both, you will notice that they raise the degree by 1, but they do it differently, and I'm not sure exactly what that is. I'm getting an answer to this question now, though, and I will let you know what I find out.
@MatheooPL Nick Kallen got back to me on this. Raise degree does exactly what it says and subdivide adds spans. Spans - sub sections of the curve. Higher degree curves will have fewer spans (for a given number of CVs) and a greater degree of smoothness between spans.
@baril3d Actually, the degree of the surface is not what determines its smoothness. Higher degrees just allow for tighter bends in the surface. (More curvature)
@dbmd_uk ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t-f86zb-4_g.html I made this video to help describe what they are and how and when to use them. More will come later.
