Retopo Tools

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Curve Retopo ToolAuthor: Constantine Tarasenkov
a prototype of curve based retopo tool, it's rough because user should make some adjustments since it's not that precise but it does what it says [..] Requirements: Tested on Softimage 2012 SP1 x64 and Softimage 2013 x64. Installation: 1. Drag-n-drop *.xsiaddon file into the viewport, refresh the compounds list or restart Softimage 2. Install Byungchul Kang's CnD_NormalizedCurve addon Usage: Select the mesh, go to View -> Toolbars -> Retopo Tools, click on "Initialize" button and enable Sketch curve tool (Model -> Curve -> Sketch)

local backup: Retopo_Tools.xsiaddon

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by iamVFX » 08 Feb 2013, 22:22

Qwesto wrote:Mhhh...I really hope it's not discontinued, looking SO promising...
Forgot about this thread, lol

Tomorrow will do update, will try to make wrapit tool

Would like to make curve retopo tool more interactive, but since mouse position events available only for c++ part I don't give a

[ I'm tired to fight soft's "integration" of python, actually, so never again ]

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by iamVFX » 09 Feb 2013, 13:42

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Qwesto » 10 Feb 2013, 19:35

YAY!!! Ugh, okay :D A wrapit like solution would be really cool...EXCITED!

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by iamVFX » 10 Feb 2013, 20:01

I haven't figure out how to generate mesh automatically with guide curves only yet. Any hints on this topic would be helpful! Like this paper (Local Mesh Cleanup Operations chapter is especially interesting)

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by iamVFX » 11 Feb 2013, 07:45

First post is updated.

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Bullit » 11 Feb 2013, 12:41

That's amazing.

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Qwesto » 11 Feb 2013, 13:42

...downloading... :) :) :)

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by gustavoeb » 11 Feb 2013, 14:38

Freaking amazing :-)
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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Falam » 11 Feb 2013, 15:37

I have a complex mesh, maybe I should use this tool to re-top, can it handle it, I wonder ? :)

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Bullit » 11 Feb 2013, 19:23

Try and report back Falam, i think iamVFX would like to get feedback.

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Qwesto » 11 Feb 2013, 22:46

Damn. Right now, I could just try to install it for 32 bit and if I 'Initialalize' and make a stroke, I receive 3000 error in the script ed, that CnD_NormalizedCurve is missing. (Installed in the user and factory root, separately, both didn't work) Dunno, if it's simply a "32bit doesn't work" thing, since I'm usually on x64...I seem have to watch what you guys are experiencing (jealous!!!) ...til I can step in testing.

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by iamVFX » 12 Feb 2013, 20:36

Volume filler works without CnD_NormalizedCurve. There is ICE version of it, you can find the compound in the retopo category, but Kang's node tends to crash Softimage way too often so it was replaced with a stack of standard operators

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Falam » 13 Feb 2013, 01:46

Bullit wrote:Try and report back Falam, i think iamVFX would like to get feedback.
I'm going to give it a try soon, nearing the re-top stage anyhow. What about joining sections, if I re-top the arm, then the torso, then I want to join the two is there an intelligent way that this tool can do this or I have to manually ? I'm leaning towards the manual route :) Wondering if the author wants the tool to be speedy or at this stage 'middle of the road' ? :)

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Qwesto » 13 Feb 2013, 13:32

@iamvfx Hmmm...did you mean I should use the ICE compound instead of Kang's addon? Does it just has to be 'installed' or do I have to create a tree for the object to use it? Thanks :)

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by ximage » 14 Feb 2013, 15:38

i cannot for the life of me get this to work. seems very cool though.

is it just the topo tool addon and the CnD_NormalizedCurve one?

tried it in user install and workgroup. no luck. :(

look forward to trying it though.

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Re: Retopo Tools

Post by Qwesto » 15 Feb 2013, 00:00

Same here. On 32bits it didn't work, but now I've tried x64 and no matter in which location, Kang's addon can't be found. I guess it might be the specific path to the addon...

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