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#1

Hi,

Been working on a figure, my first. I wanted to split him up into polygroups so I can have separate UV’s for various body parts. But I found that when I ZRemeshed it the flow got off kilter so when I was trying to make a clean ring around where the arms meet the torso it wasn’t possible, so I polygrouped it anyways and then Polished by Feature to smooth out those area (with the rest of the body hidden) and then ZRemeshed it again. That worked but as I moved to other body parts each time I would ZRemesh the figure I’d loose more and more detail. Don’t want that happening. I guess I’m working a little backwards but it’s where I am.

IS there a way to ZRemesh a body part without loosing ANY detail to the rest of it? I really need to get this resolved one way or the other.

Thanks

Richard

#2

http://docs.pixologic.com/?s=ZRemesher More specifically here >> http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/topology/zremesher/transferring-detail/

#3

Thanks so much for all your help Doug! :slight_smile: Will read through and learn stuff… book mark for future use! :smiley:

#4

Another question…

Is there a way to FORCE ZBrush to create a more uniform mesh in areas I want it to be? When I use the ZRemesher it creates a spiral sort of layout. It’s quite aggravating when I’m trying to create a new polygroup and masking it … it just keeps spiraling outwards further and further rather than finding a common meeting.

I tried using the guide brush to layout lines for the remesh algorithms to follow but it’s not doing that at all.

Perhaps there is a different brush that will provide a better guide, I don’t know. As I get further into this project … what I think should be easy to accomplish … isn’t.

Thanks!

#5

http://docs.pixologic.com/reference-guide/tool/polymesh/geometry/zremesher/ There’s a video someplace which shows the painting method in use, thought it would be easier to find.

#6

Yes, I read that but I think the vid is going to be helpful as I don’t know how to make that happen as of now. :confused:small_orange_diamond:cry:

#7

Located the official ZBrush YouTube channel and subscribed to it… put in a search for ZRemesher and got this…

http://www.youtube.com/user/ZBRUSHatPIXOLOGIC/search?query=ZRemesher

Quite a few vids. So I’ll have to look over these and hope it’s not an overly long search…

#8

Have you tried using the guides brush in ZRemesher? It’s fairly versatile and can be used to affect how the polys flow.

#9

Yes, tried that. Works to a certain degree but again most of the time it still results in a spiral. I did sort of resolve all this with using some of the instructions from this vid…

http://youtu.be/9HWIMtEtDwY