Plasticity new modeling application for 3d artists 

what is your main program

@@TopChannel1on1 Dont have main really. Have Zbrush, 3dCoat (great for UV hand retopo), Blender. Have used 3ds Max, Maya indie the last year, but dont really need them. Even used Houdini to model.

Man, i used to love Fusion360, the main factor being the timeline, that's a bless. Also the fact that you can have planes with correct dimensions and all, that's just good. The only thing that made me switch (for the little projects i do from time to time), was the crashes when trying to make a lot of holes, for design and functional porpuses. Also the way you can make a cube from no where, without the need to make a plane, ohh, soo much time wasted xD. Hope to get something similar, in blender. Plasticity looks good, but it's a "new" workflow for me, and it's also not free, which is why Blender is better for me. If i want to sell things, i don't have to worry about Autodesk complaining xD

@@NightVisionOfficial planes could be a real plane when I wanted to loft to make say a Winchester 9422 stock. But the results were nice. Just had to project points.

@@NightVisionOfficial Blender may have something on the horizon, sdf volume nodes dropped in 3.6 alpha.

Version 3? Clearly version 2.4 is the cool one. lol you're just saying random numbers :D

@@erispe don't listen to him, he is a dog

Future stuff. There was talk of a direct live connection between the two. Not sure when that will be public

NURBS never went away...just Mesh came along and the herd wandered off !

Thanks ✌️

Blender is only free because hundreds of loyal supporters are paying monthly for it. If it wasn't for them, Blender would cost a few hundred dollars, maybe even a few thousand dollars a month for people to use.

I didn’t ask them to make it free so I owe them nothing. If they want to give away things so be it. If they’re not making enough money they can get another job and stop on purposely giving away things for free.

Just took a look at their annual report. Most of the funds comes from dev fund patrons...blows my mind. These guys are unreal (oups)

Blender is free and open source. What plasticity is doing is it's allowing people to use it for free, report bugs and test the software, and then, when it's been improved by, essentially, free testers and code reviewers, they are planning to make a move to a paid model (and, AFAIK, a closed source model too? or would the codebase still be available and updated for those who are willing to assemble it themselves?), probably even making top development contributors to pay up. Which, IMO, is a dick move, it's not about the actual amount of money you pay, it's the thought that counts. And yeah, I bought tons of stuff on blender market with the heart thing, and I donated. What's your point? I'm sticking to Blender's workflows, especially considering how MeshMachine and HardOps don't feel like actual polymodelling at all, and, since I'm doing the animation and post in Blender as well, I am saving time and effort on import/export.

It's free because it's open source kid. They literally can't charge for it.

I'm not sure it's available. In v1.0, although it was shown, it was also described as vaporware by NK himself - or at the very least - work in progress. Maybe there's been a recent update or it's perhaps only available in the Studio and not the Indy version.

I want this too.

Also want to know this. Can't find the plugin anywhere

@@wila5477 This kind videos lunch showing it but then forgot to add all the info about it! and not answer the questions :S I got now anwer about where we can find it!

It's not released yet, probably in may

And i dont have a job... Because blender is not considered a "software" in Indian

​@@lavatr8322 Focus on learning the core principles, doesn't matter which software you use. If your base is strong you can switch to any software. Btw many Indian studios use blender. Even some vfx shots of RRR was made using blender.

​@@lavatr8322 cuz people would think Blender users doesnt know the principle of 3d modeling, dont study about 3D modeling and else, we are just a bunch of self taught people. If it is in architecture this is like a blender user is only able to graphically or visually design but they cant plan a whole architectural parts, floor plan, pricing and else.

I agree. I was 3ds Max user for 17 years. Lot of wasted time kind of. Switched to Blender in 2022 october, and i tear my hair why i didn't years before. Ok the knowledge helped a lot from 3ds max, Substnce Designer, and little bit of Unreal Engine, to understand Blender faster. I also tried bunch of 3D programs and there are couuple of that i like so much, but i can say Blender is really one of best. 15-20 mins modelling work in 3ds Max can be done in 2-3 mins in Blender, which is insanity. This Plasticity looks promising, and the linked workflow to Blender is just wow.

@@lavatr8322 who cares where you modelled or animated your work, you did it you did it. Do clients ask which software you used for tgeir order? Or they ask how it looks the end result?

Can Plasiticity be used to make game assets?

This is a CAD tool, that timeline you can edit and it will update, that can save plenty of hours for complex modeling, I did a knife a while back, I was not happy with a shape I had, just went back the timeline, changed, and everything else got updated, I don't need to worry about polycounts either. Yes you need to retopo it, just like you do with character sculpting. It's just a different workflow that may be better for some people.

@@kendarr Yes, me for exaple, i love to first, do the high poly, not worrung about the edge flow, and then do the retopo or the low poly

​@@kendarr Plasticity has a timeline?

@@CarlosPrGr it does, bottom of the screen

​@@kendarr Wow, I didn't know that, thanks!

Enough fortunately, but not as much as Blender.

What do you mean? Explosion?

@@lennarthummer7307 Exponential growth

Its not out yet, but author said he need probably few weeks for it.

yeah, i also expected to be able to edit the bool objects but nope

Some operations allow to keep the curves/cutters, especially booleans, just tick 'Keep tools' on the popup on the bottom. Sadly not all of them.

@@rob679 Thanks.

It is a concept artist. Link is at the top, but no tutorial

Let say it in a diplomatic way : it's complementary.

There is no "topology" in NURBS modeling. It's mathematically perfect surfaces.

​@@dash3dot Oh, interesting. If we want to turn it into a mesh, is there a good way to do that or is a lot of retopo work usually required?

@@hireathecho4 I have no clue whether Plasticity lets you convert it into a polymesh but it can be imported in any other program and be converted there.

@@dash3dot I see, thanks

@@hireathecho4most likely retopo, yes.

am working with my hosting to clear that issue but the link to plasticity is in the description

Sounds unintuitive.

tru, but if you are working on a client project and just want to deliver in a timely manner, free is not always the best option still love blender though, i mean plasticity can only do about 5% of what blender does

I love how some people always find a way to mention Blender in any kind of modeling topic, (even not related) kinda toxic ngl. Why can't you just move on, enjoy your free softwares and leave the others alone? You are just like vegans but worse.

@@TopChannel1on1 Well, that is true from a timely manner standpoint. I'd say the same about Inkscape and Illustrator as Illustrator pretty much hardly ever crashes if ever. However, the free software is impressively powerful each passing day.

Blender is being destroyed by AD as we speak.

@@eviv8010 what is AD

its good for people who like a boolean workflow, its great at curves modeling and hardsufaces

@TopChannel1on1 yeah I was hoping it would have like an AI typology thing to it to where when u export out the model, its already in complete quads and ready to go

For what I researched, it's comparable to a paid add-on Blender could have for free and better or just as useful. Some add-ons in Blender are actually paid and fix a ton of polygon issues inside Blender. Sometimes even exporting from Blender and slicing in Ultimate Cura can fix a lot of things for free, cost being our extra time only. But I get some people are not that savvy, so those would rather pay for simplicity and some people just can do it. I'll stick to Blender whenever 3D is the conversation for a long time still.

@NoBrainer Languages Brasil yeah I agree. No reason to learn an entirely new software if it's just going to cause more problems with typology. I'd rather just make it natively in my 3D software

Best of luck matching its power in blender 😅

God I hope not. Looks like it's made by artists for artists so fingers crossed they don't sell or AD will just make it prohibitively expensive.

it uses a different type of modeling than blender,

It uses NURBS, which are act much better with various Boolean operations than Blender. Well. And these are kinda different. Some things are messy there, but other things are really easy to make with NURBS. Haven't toughed that app, actually it's the first time I hear about it, so who knows. Maybe they got kinda best things from "both worlds". XD It's much longer story, but I think, you'll be able to find various info on NURBS modeling, to compare these things. I'm curious why various Hard Surfaces aren't made using NURBS. And the funny thing is, long time ago, like in 90-s, 80-s, NURBS was used for organic modeling. Because it's really smooth, while poligonal modeling wasn't that advanced, as it today. XD

@jstnmrvn "blender, maya, 3dsmax, cinema4d are based on "POLY" modeling." Not exactly.) Technically these all have some level of NURBS, MaYa even had actually, quite nice NURBS modelling tools, back in a day. It's rather, NURBS is not the focus of most of these packages. But who knows, maybe they'll give more attention to NURBS. "Gives better results? Gives good topology? For Rendering yes, but for game asset you need to fix the topology and shading issues." Yep. gives better reuslts with same booleans. While actually keeping geometry kinda lightweight. Or something like this. And it's exactly, what you're saying. The catch is, when we're talking about game assets. These are not NURBS. These are NURBS converted to polygons. With all the troubles of polygons. Considering that these are relatively low poly. And conversion to polies, can become kinda messy.

@jstnmrvn Those addons cost almost as much as Plasticity though :D I didn't see any shading issues with the exports I took from it. Sure, the edge flow might not be the best, but you can also export with all-quads or n-gons if you hate triangles. :P i was surprised at how nice the exports turned out.

it uses mathematical formulas instead of handling those meshes directly..

I don't think it's intended to replace Blender as much as augment it. Like an expensive addon.

Then do some research. Not to state the obvious, but it's not hard at all to find the main difference. It's even "not so subtle" in the video thumbnail. Blender - Polygonal modeling, Plasticity - Solid modeling. If you're not aware of the difference between those 2 basic aspects then you should consider putting a little bit more effort in your research. You wouldn't compare or choose an apple over an orange. You'd just eat both depending on what you feel like eating.

@@michieltieleman9462 Your comment is not only not helpful, but it makes a lot of assumptions. For starters, nowhere in my initial comment does it suggest that it was the end of my research. Secondly, it's often HELPFUL for people with inside knowledge and insight to provide information that someone likely wouldn't think to research on their own, especially if they're assumed knowledge base is so small they wouldn't even know where to begin researching. Never take expert opinions for granted. Third, this video from start to finish made it sound very clear that Plasticity is a new and separate application from Blender, which would still warrant a comprehensive breakdown and comparison of the tools from experienced and insightful users. I'd never even heard of Plasticity until this video, which is the point of these kinds of videos, to introduce people to new things. This is an opportunity for content creators to make genuinely useful and insightful content that people would actually be interested in (not to say this video wasn't insightful or interesting). While I understand that many different tools cater to different specialties, it's still a good idea to get insight from others and can be an important part of doing effective research. For example, I understand that even though applications like Blender, Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, and many others have a lot of similar capabilities, you would most likely use one of the other for very specific purposes. ZBrush has capabilities to do animation for example, but I'd never dream of using it over something like Blender or even Unreal Engine. These are areas for the OP to take advantage of their knowledgebase and experience with the different tools and grow their channel. No need to be negative in their comments section.

@@anthonyhoganson9527 wow, that was a lot of text without anything substantial... I wasn't being negative, unhelpful or rude, just calling you out on your laziness. "Could somebody else do all the work for me and get me a laundry list because I'm too lazy to do a Google search?" And I answered your question: blender = polygons, plasticity = solids. Make a little bit of effort first.

@@michieltieleman9462 again you are making a lot of assumptions, and your follow shows you either didn't read my reply or didn't understand.

y is that

I hate when blender users react this way to other tools, 😒🙄

@@DanielGarcia-ys7kj It's basically Blender with most of the stuff removed and with different features set developed. I hate when someone takes a free pamphlet at the dentist and tries to sell that pamphlet to customers. What was that opensource 3D printer that suddenly was turned proprietary by the next team working on it and caused it to go abandonware?

@@DanielGarcia-ys7kj Anyways you look like a good guy. Take all my pocket butterflies, they're free.🦋🦋🦋 Here are some pocket mites too, enjoy your mites! 🐜🐜🐜🐜

@@DanielGarcia-ys7kj when the video literally advertises this new tool as a blender competitor or a "blender copy", then ofc people are going to expect it to be free. They are also going to expect it to be a poly modelling software. Instead, the software is completely the opposite. Its CAD and its paid. Nothing wrong with that, its just that advertising within the 10 first seconds of the video this product as if it was "copying blender", as the video says, then i would be logical for the blender users who are watching this to expect those things from this software. The only thing this tool has in common with blender is the similar UI and binds, so if anything, you should put the blame on the content creator for giving embelished information to make his video gain more traction.

@@AlFredo-sx2yy All you are saying is that blender users lack critical thinking and jump to dumb conclusions. my point still stands.

Moi3d is also years old. This isn't. Give it time.

@@sideprojects5924 Blender is also years old, and yet here we are.

@@mrlightwriter Here we are like where? Blender literally just "learned" how to do caustics.... 20+ years after literally everyone. How many years users had to wait for asset browser? 18? Because it only appeared in 2.8. There are tons of things that are being added to Blender just now when every other software had it forever and people wonder why blender didn't become industry standard, because it's only begun meeting the standards lately.

@@dash3dot You're right, but for a free software you must agree it's quite impressive.

connector plugin is not available yet

fusion 360 is not free

@@PawelGrzelak Yes it is ... research it. "Autodesk Fusion 360 for personal use Fusion 360 for personal use is a limited, free version that includes basic functionality for qualifying users who generate less than $1,000 USD in annual revenue and use for home-based, non-commercial projects only." I am using it now and have been for 2+ years. There is a non-commercial version - hobbyists, educators, etc. I can export: .step, .stp .f3d .3mf .ipt .fbx .obj .skp .smt .usdz .stl

@@truegret7778 Which means its not free in the same way Blender is.

@@PawelGrzelak that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Each tool has its strength and weaknesses, and serves their own purpose. Most would argue Pawel is not spelled like normal people spell Paul.

I know. It's really funny. Zero knowledge outside their free download

Probably for them to realise they can add something really awesome to their workflow 😊

Asking the real questions.

Yes

you are speaking of SDF modeling, this is nurbs

@@TopChannel1on1 When the end result matters, Blender remains free, but those who can afford proprietary tools may find benefits in it. It's always a trade-off time vs money at the end of the day and time is kinda something we always have somehow. I believe Blender will soon rely on NURBS as well since it always catches up with user needs.

true, but sometimes you just need a break from polygon modeling

I started out with Blender and learned to make hardsurface assets for games and got fucking sick of dealing with shit topology issues that Blender gives you. The fact that you need to use weird gimiks to work around those topology issues should tell you that Blender isn't great for that use (ie. Meshmachine, Hardops, Machinetools, and other topology related plugins only exist to fix Blenders shit topology issues). For example: Go into Blender, and make 2 cylinders perpendicular to eachother and intersect to form a "+" shape. Then subtract the horizontal cylinder from the other one to make a hole in the center. Make sure the mesh is shaded smooth > autosmooth and use a reflective matcap. Look at the shading issues and look at the verticies. Now try beveling the edges of the hole. See how that works out. Now do the same in a CAD program like Plasticity or Moi3d. Zero issues, you can even import it into Blender and it will look perfect. CAD programs handle topology way better, they're faster to use, they deal with bevels and booleans better, and they allow you to spend less time fixing bullshit topology issues and more time actually modelling. I still love Blender for all it's tools, but when it comes to hardsurface modelling, fuck Blender. I'd suggest trying a free trial of a CAD software (Plasticity is good) and see how it compares to modeling in Blender. Also, all software is free if you know where to look.

@@LeoD.J great points to add on that, the booleans modifier in blender is the slowest i have used

so as Fusion 360)

It has shortcut presets for various software if you need, Blender shortcuts are the default

Ha really, so you're using vanilla blender exclusively, you're ignoring paied addons or tutorials, artists using Blender to sell their creations. Free, free, and always free that's your philosophy but let me know if we're living in a free world.

alot of blender users are now pros that earn aliving from the 3d industry so they can afford staff

Not everyone, I use alot of paid add-ons in my workflow.

@@TopChannel1on1 honestly 99 dollars for a indie license is pretty fair.

@@archiplanservices3746 and its a perpetual license no subscription