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    • ithilI Offline
      ithil
      last edited by

      I tested again and recorded video.
      From 3D MAX imported black material without texture.
      But with UVLayout happened.
      Apparently up to this program is not the path to texture. This is strange. I have 5 times the same thing done πŸ˜ƒ
      I think. texture file must be in the same folder as an OBJ file.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        Can you share the OBJ along with the MTL and textures? Zip them up please?

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        • panixiaP Offline
          panixia
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          thomas i rememember we had the same problems in beta.. the zbrush obj were running fine but the 3dsmax ones gave same problem.
          if i don't remember wrong, you said that was a matter of the texture-files path.. and also i remember you fixed those models in some way.. maybe reloading the texture from sketchp material editor from a new path? can't remember..

          also i remember there was something related to the upside-down flipping, but maybe that was from the zbrush models? not sure.. i'm trying to find those obj models to check the path of the textures..

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          • ithilI Offline
            ithil
            last edited by

            Yes of course. Here are all these files

            obj.zip

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @ithil said:

              Yes of course. Here are all these files

              [attachment=0:16xvwwwa]<!-- ia0 -->obj.zip<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:16xvwwwa]

              Something in your export process hard code the full path to the textures - instead of relatives.

              
              # 3ds Max Wavefront OBJ Exporter v0.97b - (c)2007 guruware
              # File Created; 19.01.2016 12;57;08
              
              newmtl CHECKER_V1
              	Ns 30.0000
              	Ni 1.5000
              	d 1.0000
              	Tr 0.0000
              	Tf 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 
              	illum 2
              	Ka 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
              	Kd 0.3882 0.3922 0.3882
              	Ks 0.3300 0.3300 0.3300
              	Ke 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
              	map_Ka C;\temp4\pod_1_sk\CHECKER_V1.jpg
              	map_Kd C;\temp4\pod_1_sk\CHECKER_V1.jpg
              
              

              However on your own machine you'd think it'd stil work...

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              • ely862meE Offline
                ely862me
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                Can I select the place where loops are inserted? They usually are inserted at the half of the line you choose, is there any way that would change ?

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                  cuttingedge
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                  HI Thomas, Just to drop a note that i really did appreciate QFT now that SubD is out and prove to be one of the most useful plugin.

                  Just wondering if we have a "relax tool" in the QFT suite or in any plugin you authored. I hope I know what im saying by relax which means to kind of smooth out the geometry without subdividing it but not destroying the quadface integrity of the model.

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                  • BoxB Offline
                    Box
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                    @ely862me said:

                    Can I select the place where loops are inserted? They usually are inserted at the half of the line you choose, is there any way that would change ?

                    Probably the easiest way is to add more loops and delete the ones you don't need.
                    Select the ring, then connect edges to create more loops then use the remove loop button.


                    loops.gif

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
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                      In this particular case maybe this is more speedy! πŸ˜„

                      3 times Edge Tools / Divide faces by Thomthom
                      and copy the last edge
                      Like this there no internal face created

                      GIF_div.gif

                      menhir.jpg

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                      • BoxB Offline
                        Box
                        last edited by

                        Try that with a more complex shape pilou.
                        QFT doesn't create internal faces either.


                        complex loop.gif

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @ely862me said:

                          Can I select the place where loops are inserted? They usually are inserted at the half of the line you choose, is there any way that would change ?

                          Not with the Insert Loop function, no. I have been looking into a new tool for this - but its not complete.

                          There is an experimental prototype in the latest versions, but it got some flaws. Need to rethink it.

                          2016-01-29_20h50_50.png

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                            cuttingedge
                            last edited by

                            @thomthom said:

                            You mean something like this?

                            http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=131939

                            http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=131940

                            http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=131941

                            Sorry, do image display on my browser.

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @cuttingedge said:

                              HI Thomas, Just to drop a note that i really did appreciate QFT now that SubD is out and prove to be one of the most useful plugin.

                              Just wondering if we have a "relax tool" in the QFT suite or in any plugin you authored. I hope I know what im saying by relax which means to kind of smooth out the geometry without subdividing it but not destroying the quadface integrity of the model.

                              You mean something like this?

                              Freddy-Cube.gif

                              Freddy-Sandbox.gif

                              Freddy-Challenger.gif

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
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                                @cuttingedge said:

                                Sorry, do image display on my browser.

                                I'm not sure if I fully understood that sentence. But I assumed you meant that you couldn't see the images? In any case, I went back and re-uploaded the images.

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                  cuttingedge
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  You mean something like this?

                                  Whoaa..Where did this come from? Where do I find this?

                                  Hope this relax tool be part of your quadface suite , even the insert loop similar to that of 3ds max 'graphite tool' where you can pick the exact point where you want it placed.

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                                  • ely862meE Offline
                                    ely862me
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Box and Pilou,
                                    Thanks for the tips!
                                    I tried your method,Box but it gives me some errors here and there when removing the extra loops.
                                    I think the adding loops is better though, as you first insert one at the middle then you insert one in the half you want, and so on. At the end there are fewer loops to remove and fewer errors. It is better to remove the extra loop immediately you created the new one.

                                    Yes, Thomas, loop offset would be a great addition. Unless you can create a loop mover that would move the loop at a specified point after it was inserted-something like moving a section cut plane back and forth.
                                    The Line tool is still unpolishead leaving behind here and there both diagonals.


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                                    4.jpg

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      @Box

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      Try that with a more complex shape pilou.

                                      It's for that i have said "In this particular case"! πŸ˜‰

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      QFT doesn't create internal faces either.

                                      Sure but "Edge tool" yes, it's for that I had not made the last edge with it! πŸ˜‰

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                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @cuttingedge said:

                                        Whoaa..Where did this come from? Where do I find this?

                                        Hope this relax tool be part of your quadface suite , even the insert loop similar to that of 3ds max 'graphite tool' where you can pick the exact point where you want it placed.

                                        At the moment it's part of Vertex Tools 2.0 that I'm working on.

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                                        • H Offline
                                          hsrhdrehre5654654
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi, great tool, trying to figure it out since i started organic modelling just yesterday.

                                          I cant find the option "Convert Connected Mesh to QuadFaces". I know there are 3 connect options, but none of em are the one im looking for. At least that option is commented in the documentation but in the plugin itself, i cant find it.

                                          Im trying to convert a simple regular model to a quad faced model (to ensure all the faces are at least quad based), and that would be the option to use. Is it not implemented yet??

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @hsrhdrehre5654654 said:

                                            I cant find the option "Convert Connected Mesh to QuadFaces". I know there are 3 connect options, but none of em are the one im looking for. At least that option is commented in the documentation but in the plugin itself, i cant find it.

                                            That's probably the old name of "Convert Triangulated Mesh to Quads" - looks like docs are out of date. New version is coming though.

                                            Btw, if you plan on using Artisan for subdivision then converting to QFT quads won't have much use - as it will treat QFT quads as two triangles instead.

                                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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