Hello, I have some MoI to 3DC questions:

1. If I export all my parts, as a single mesh, what format do I pick? OBJ, FBX? And what are the settings I need to have my mesh in 3DC look as much as possible in MoI?
2. If I export all my parts, as a single mesh, but, assigning a color to each, what format and settings do I need, and how do I import them with the option to get the parts seperately in the voxel tree?

Anything else I should know that is handy?

This is what I'm been working on, want to continue doing some detailing in 3DC, such as paneling (with the voxel layer tool), and adding tentacles.

Hi Groot, probably your best bet is to use .obj format and set the "Output" option to "Output: Quads & Triangles".

MoI currently only exports color information to OBJ and LWO formats, not FBX format as of yet. LWO is best for going into Modo or LightWave, OBJ is usually best for all other programs.

- Michael

Thanks Michael.

Are there specific settings I need to choose, to keep my mesh (almost) 1 to 1 in 3DC as it was in MoI? I did some attempts yesterday, and all of them made both the surface and the edges a bit muddy. I will do some new attempts later today and post images.

Hi Groot, sorry I don't know many specific details about 3D Coat voxel mode myself, maybe you need to adjust some option to make a denser voxel grid in 3D Coat to increase fidelity. Maybe someone else who uses 3D Coat will be able to chime in, or otherwise I'd recommend asking your question on the 3D Coat forum.

- Michael

Ok thanks, will do :)

I made a tutorial

https://www.cgtrader.com/tutorials/778-how-to-turn-a-low-poly-triangulated-object-into-one-ready-for-auto-retopo-in-3d-coat-in-under-5-minutes

Its on surface modelling but I think the principal applies.
Keith

Hi keith1961.

Thanks a lot for this very useful tip!

Hi Marco
Your posts about Rocket and 3D Coat helped me too. I tried to make this in Moi and couldn't fillet the air scoops on the hood so I used subd for the body and made the rest with voxels.

Hi keith1961.

@You : "...so I used subd for the body and made the rest with voxels.."

This is definitely a very good heterogeneous approach for this kind of modelling issues.
(at least if we speak about the "consumer" 3d software area)


See you.

- Marco (mkdm)

P.S. could you please upload pictures using higher resolution...just in order to get better look.

Here are some bigger pictures. I think retopo might be difficult.

Hi keith1961.

Thanks for the pictures.

If you have time take a look at this very interesting tutorials.
These guys really know what they do :)

Auto-Retopo for Hard Surface Models Pt.1
https://youtu.be/trTqnA2M9iE

Auto-Retopo for Hard Surface Models Pt.2
https://youtu.be/PoMewuVdg74

And this very interesting series :

3D-Coat Hard Surface Spaceship Wing Modeling (Part 1 to 9)
https://youtu.be/xYwhgRkdpHQ

Hi Groot,

Here's a video showing how to bring a model from Rhino into 3D-Coat.
(substitute Rhino model for MoI model & this should help)

https://youtu.be/yPrYsARxgDM

HTH, Colin

Thanks Colin, will check it out.

MoI3D to 3D Coat.

There are a couple of ways to go. First off, you need to know if you want to retopo your model, or just import it, apply UVs, and texture it. If it's the latter, then this video will help:



If you're looking to use your MoI3D model as a 'base' for further modeling, then you'll want to export it with VERY HIGH POLY SETTINGS. Then import it into the Voxel Sculpting room as a surface model, and then voxelize it at a very high voxel poly count (multiple millions). This should give you a very smooth base to start with. Edit it using the voxel and surface tools, convert it to a surface and then use the Decimate command to reduce the number of polys (75% decimation is good). The decimate command is intelligent and will try to maintain areas of extreme detail.

You can then export it to an OBJ, reimport it, UV Map and texture. Here are a couple examples of voxel editing and exporting in this same fashion to KeyShot for rendering:










OR, if you're creating a game object, you can forgo the decimate and just retopo it (a lengthy re-modeling process) for texturing.

Here's a tute I did on UV mapping in 3DC.