Thanks Michael, I will take the polygons to the smallest and try again.

Joe

Hi Joe, here are some mesh export settings to use for your particular model, that should get things working well with ZBrush.

To start with, when you export to OBJ you will want to expand the Meshing options dialog to get at the additional controls. To do that, click on the little arrow in the lower left corner of the dialog here:



Then there are 3 settings that you will need to adjust:

1 - Set output to Quads & Triangles

2 - Set "Divide larger than" to have a value of 0.5. This subdivides any polygons larger than 0.5 units in size, so it will cause polygons to be more finely diced up.

3 - Set the control for what "Divide larger than" applies to, to "All". This is the control that is directly to the right of the Divide larger than numeric entry.

Here is a screenshot showing you where these 3 controls are located:




With those settings in place, you can see in the screenshot there how your model will be diced up into small sized bits when you export from MoI - that is the kind of output that ZBrush is going to like to work with.

Then inside of ZBrush if you need to, you can turn the smooth modifier off and subdivide once or twice if you need to get some even smaller dicing. That will be a lot better behaved in ZBrush with this data now, it is not really set up to work with polygons that may cross over a large area of the model like you were previously getting in your previous mesh export.

Let me know if you still have any problems, hope this helps!

- Michael

Hi Joe,

> Thanks Michael, I will take the polygons to the smallest and try again.

Also note that you'll need to use more than just the simple slider control, you'll need to use the "Divide larger than" setting that I mention above.

That's because the slider works by putting more polygons only in curved areas, that regular slider action basically leaves totally flat areas alone because for rendering purposes you don't normally want to have planes diced up into a lot of polygons, to get smoother looking renderings you only want more polygons in curved areas.

For the specific purpose of ZBrush use you will need to use some of other settings as shown above to break even the planar parts into smaller bits.

- Michael

Thanks Michael,

The polygons look great now. I will try these settings.

Joe

Thanks. Looks like this should help some with UV mapping in 3D Coat.