xNURBS in Plasticity 3D (v24.0.0-beta.22) | Car Modeling in Plasticity using xNURBS | Polestar 

If you slow down the videos and really look at what he's doing, you'll quickly see that a lot of what he's doing is based on trial and error. In reality that's just what most of us do. He's good at modeling, but no genius at it.

Almost looks like a new workflow where you can skip some of the primary surfacing/blocking in can be some and still get very clean results. Love that CVs can be seen and edited now. This is really turning into budget Alias

Ja, Plasticity hat viele Fusion 360 user zum grübeln gebracht. Aber Plasticity ist den meisten 360 Usern zu früh, es ist erst in der Version 1.4. Aber bald kommt Plasticity r24.

Yes, xNurbs is much easier to patch, and it is faster to find forms.

Fillets, when the base modeling is done.

@@Kuechmeister Of course, but after a certain size it strarts to crawl, and my machine is pretty up to date

@@MIchaelSybi Yes, but that's not a Plasticity fault - it's very much in all CAD software. i use another software that's also Parasolid one version off the latest parasolid release. If I put a sketch plane on a face that has a fillet applied on another intersecting splines face, any intersecting face that produces a trace edge out of the sketch plane causes MASSIVE computational maths that freezes the pc. as KS says...do the filleting and tiny small blends LAST! CAD is single thread processor dependent. You may have a bang upto date pc but it's only 2 x faster than my 10 year old pc for most CAD tasks.

@@TAH1712 A very interesting insight and experience, thank you very much. I worked only in Rhino prior to Plasticity, and it was not parasolid, just nurbs sheets, as far as I comprehend. I do fillets in the end, but still, I guess I need to measure masxmum possible radius prior to making them. But at least I know there's no point in waiting for performance update regarding fillets

xNurbs in Plasticity is the best deal ever.

Carnac

yes, this will be a new feature in v2, it is beta, and there comes some more surface features in future for the v2, there are good chances for a release 2024, but it could maybe took a bit longer. But when you need xNURBs now, you can buy the studio version and join the plasticity discord, then you can test and use it now.

​@@Kuechmeisterwhere can we find discord plasticity?

@@ANDYCOSER You have to buy it first to get access.

​@@helix8847I bought the indie version at the beginning 1 year ago, I have to check my email maybe

when you are good in polyymodeling you can to so same in Blender, but I need fast and clean surfaces, and I'am a "polygon modeling noob"

thats why. lets say im good in polymodeling but I want faster an cleaner results. whats your opinion on it?@@Kuechmeister

When ou join the Plasticity discord and own of the Studio Version, you can use and test this beta now. xNurbs is easier und faster to use. www.xnurbs.com/

@@Kuechmeister I have the Indi version, when do you think it will be available to download and update? Perhaps it is too daring to think about it, but do you think that Plasticity is approaching similar characteristics to Alias-Estudio?... more and more I see an intention to improve itself with each version.

yes, xNURBS is a new patch feature in Plasticity, and of course you can bevel it later.

The Downloads are in Discord.

The implementation in Plasticity is a early beta, but yes it is the real "xnurbs.com" kernel. Nick bought a license.

I think they should lol

It seems that xNURBS is available for Rhino3d (5, 6, 7, 8) already at about $300 USD.

Alias has far more complex surface controls for class A modeling. Basically industry standard. But let's see how far plasticity dev can push!

@@NCSiebertdesign yes it and others does - but still one should be careful to make happy videos about bad geometry! That bad geometry is fine for some areas like game asset design or quick concept studies. I really hate doing it right in Alias. Such a slow process. But we should be aware of the impression we give those who don’t know the details and might be mislead accidentally .

yes, Nick use the original xNurbs Kernel.

@@Kuechmeister 🔥🔥🔥

@@Kuechmeister I can almost smell AutoDesk in the air

@@jaroslavzaruba2765 Autodesk can buy his own xNurbs Kernel licence if they want. www.xnurbs.com/

@@Kuechmeister don't they have a history of buying 3d-tools that provide anything resembling what xNurbs provides?

You don't have to purchase a new license if you're happy using the existing. The shiny new version is alluring but most will not need that almost class A level of surfacing.

@@colinhare4722truth

The X-nurbs implementation won't be the only added functionality for v2. KS has been modelling using the surfacing tools from even before version 1 of official Plasticity to buy. NK has been always mentioned Plasticity as a good tool for product designers using surfacing. NK discussed why Plasticity was going to use Parasolid ( because of world class surfacing) whilst he was talking about what modeling kernal to use. Isn't the price for Plasticity 2.0 Indie licence only 150 USD anyway - sure that won't come with X-Nurbs...do asset creation artists actually need X-nurbs? iI's your choice at this moment what to buy. There will be other general purpose tools in v2 as well or why would most v1 users upgrade ! Better wait until the new v2 release promo's for ALL the information. I'm sure that will better inform plasticity users...

If the money you make from being an "artist" doesn't cover that, you should find a new job.

OK now I stop to make Videos about plasticity....just kidding ;-) William Vaughan from Pixel Fondue and Nikita Kapustin are the persons who often translate my knowhow in real learning tutorials, both thanked to me to share my knowhow. William Vaughan via Discord and Nikita Kapustin thanked me even per PM that he have learned very much through my videos. He told me, he lerned to build very complex face helmet, with my Ironman Helmet Video, for example. Nikita Kapustin is a professional seller of courses, his maingoal is, to earn money with teaching. My youtube Channel is very old, it has never had a monetization, my patreon has only one selling member and I understand this and this is OK, because my maingoal is not to earn money with it. The only case I get a bit money now, is the "plasticity-affiliate link" maybe (75-150 dollar a month, wtihout taxes). Maybe I use this knowhow later to earn money with it some day, but I have fun to show people, what is possible with budget-mini-CAD software. Over the last 8 years with Moi3D, now more an more with plasticity. Now where plasticity is popular, more People visit my channel, back in the days with Moi3d it had less interest. Plasticity and Moi3D are 90% a hobby of me. Maybe 10% I use it in my real Job as a normal 3D Artist. My maintools are 3dsmax, Cinema4D, Afx, Mentalray, Vray, Octane and now often Unreal 5. If I would be a professional "only CAD Engineer", who earn money with it, then would buy Alias, SiemensNX or Solidworks, and then I would never share my holy knowhow.

@@Kuechmeister perfectly explained... too many people want immediate results without sweat and that's not my way. Alias I think would suit you best. I very much appreciate your content!

"The strategy" is.... that video is not really a "tutorial". It is more a demonstration of xNURBS, and xNurbs will be a new feature in the coming up version of Plasticity. Tadaaaa "the strategy"

@@Kuechmeister tha devil, i must say😳pretty edited demonstration tho😅

I don't know if this feature stay a only Studio feature in future. But Plasticity Studio is a $300 tool and xNurbs is typically a $400 plugin. Now it is integrated and the price remains at $300. So you save $400.

There always has to be a variation in offering between the lowest price to get the software and a premium version - that's just real world economic reality. Blender is an outlier and can't be used as a reference. I actually don't have Plasticity but rather something similar , better and worse in different ways, but I have to say for just surfacing...WOW oh WOW! and now with X-Nurbs as well, that's something quite remarkable which I certainly can't ignore anymore. For the functionality it can give , 300 usd in total is less than peanuts, but I do wonder if it's a cut down or basic version or if there's something additional in X-Nurbs about to happen that Plasticity 2.0 won't be getting...time will tell. Incredible price and functionality !

The developer has to pay license fees to xNURBS, Parasolid, Export libraries, and staff. For the cost of the Plasticity Studio version, nothing comes close.

x-nurb only for other software cost more than whole plasticity, so I feel it's quite fair.

@@white_sky_11 if indeed X-nurbs is actually needed.

Yes, in Plasticity v2 xNURBS will be integrated, but priority in the Studio Version.

@@Kuechmeister so it will not be included on the indie version? I bought the indie as soon as Plasticity came out.. will there be a signifcant payment if we want to upgrade to Studio... I mean. I am a hobbist I do not have a studio.. thank you for the info mate!

​@mae2309 if all xNURBS features are only studio, I don't know, but in discord people say (primary studio). Currently Plasticity users haven't any real reason to use studio, there are only 2-3 cad import/export possibilitys, but maybe now. Normally xNURBS as plugine costs 400 dollars, now it will come implemented in a 300 dollar tool.

@@Kuechmeister I think that is the real reason why xnurbs will be added to studio version. becasue they want to push it. now that the indie version has been selling more.. because in reality the import/export indie has is enough to do any job. I can see why are they pushing on studio but you need to give indie some love as well..

@@mae2309 Indie version has probably over delivered 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 - just exceptional functionality for the price!

Surface modelling is a high end skill - it takes much time to become good at it and to recognise how to approach a design.