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Problem importing into an adaptive skin model

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#1

Here’s the workflow I used:

Made a low-poly in Maya, sculpted in Zbrush at 6 subd levels, then rebuilt the topology with zspheres.

I made an adaptive skin with 5 subdivision levels, then saved it as its own ztool.

I exported the lowest subdivion, then went to edit the UVs back in Maya. When I import it back in, Zbrush says it’s “subdividing geometry” - then it freezes, give me the “Encountered a problem” dialog box then closes.

It does the same thing even I don’t edit the exported obj, it simply won’t let me re-import the mesh. I’m really dumbfounded by this and I’d appreciate any tips.

I know I can go and use the projection tool, but I’d rather get the import to work and save the time.

#2

What are your system specs? How many polys does the model have at its highest level? Does it have layers? Did you save it with SubTool Master, or with Tool>Save As? If the latter, have you tried some other operations since opening it – such as appending new subtools or doing an extraction?