hi ,eveyone , i suffer a problem when i retopo my mesh. How can i get back to edit model during i 'm in Topology??? i just want to interrupt my topology,and i 'd like to keep the original mesh with details, how to do that??
and i wonder that whether i 'll lose all my subtool after retopo my mesh?
thanx very much , this problem is very important for me
Your original model doesnāt go anywhere, you should be able to select it via the available tools in the tool menu, as it is a separate tool from the retopology zsphere tool. To start the retopo process, you would have had to create a new Zsphere tool. You can select this again by selecting the sphere tool after you go back to your original model.
If , however, you alter you original mesh after you have already started a zsphere retopo tool, the changes will not reflect in the existing retopo project, and you will have to start a new one to incorporate those changes.
You can save your progress on the retopo zsphere by de-selecting āedit topologyā, then saving that tool. It is not strictly necessary, it will still be there in the same Zbrush session when you can switch between tools freely, but better safe than sorry.
[note] this info is based on Zbrush 3.1, I suppose it could have changed in the new version.
thanx very much!! iāve tried your method.anyway, i cant get my original model . so i should sculpt up the anatomy which get all the details before i start to retopo that. right? in the end, append all the subtool with it.
Well, you can always use mesh projection to transfer sculpted detail from one mesh to another.
I just meant that a Zsphere retopology edit tool is based on the mesh as it is when you start the tool. So if you go back and make a significant change to the form of original model (ex: making shoulders wider), it wonāt update where the topology lines snap to in the topology editing tool.
Beyond that Iām afraid I may not be understanding what it is you want to do.