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I'm glad it was helpful. Yes, depending on your use case, UV will need to be done. Thanks for watching.

@stevenchilders272 Great series, one of my favorites. Thanks for watching.

@Halllbert Thanks for the reply, and thanks for watching.

@Hitsujioyaji I have 2 Halot Mage Pro 8k printers and a K1 Max. Thanks for watching!

@modelenginerding6996 I picked up the model kit from the hobby store for the model sheets. The kit is way smaller than I want, so I am printing one at a much larger scale. The ones online are very low resolution, so I understand what you're saying. I scanned the sheets at 600 dpi, which came out very clear & clean.

@@philprocariojr3563 Very cool. That's a great idea. I'm loving Plasticity for those kinds of projects.

@modelenginerding6996 It's incredible how quickly you can model things in Plasticity compared to other CAD apps. It has been a handy tool for model-making.

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@pixerone8106 Thanks for watching and the sub.

@esslinger74 Thanks for watching and taking the time to reply.

@andriangontsa7139 My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

@georgegeluna6217 I was trying this the other day. I ran a bunch of parts through the Quad Remesher plugin and found that the results depend on the complexity of the geometry. The more complex the model, the more polygons it took to get a usable mesh. I couldn't get the polygon count down where I wanted it on the complex parts. Once I figure out the best settings, I plan to make a video on the results. Thanks for watching!

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@Brocknoviatch Not sure exactly what you mean since there are many different instances of this. As far as I know no. In some cases you could use the match face command.

@alienmorf www.aliasworkbench.com/ Thanks for watching.

@hchattaway That's how it works when you use the place command. If it created pieces rather than just cutting away, such as nuts or bolts, they would appear in the outliner. So, essentially, it cuts the feature away and leaves a single solid object.

@ennisyui The cutter is just a simple solid that encompasses the feature. It does matter, but the method you use needs to match the piece you're putting in it and whether or not you want them separate or as a water-tight single piece.

@dietmarreiss9248 It is good to hear that you found it useful. I am glad it helped.

@DmitriSkif I hit Ctrl-D.

@Adam-Levy I completely agree. I have seen that they plan to add history at some point in the future, but I am not sure when. My other CAD system has a history; to be fair, it also comes with its own set of issues. The only way I have ever seen history done where it is not a nightmare is when it is done as a node setup rather than a tree. So, I hope that when they add history, it will be in a node form. Otherwise, history will add a lot of complexity and force you to spend a massive amount of time on design intent. That would make the conception phase of Plasticity slow and non-intuitive. Right now, I just group all my construction elements and hide them so that it is pretty fast and simple if I need to make changes. It is not perfect but it works. Thanks for watching.

@dsngjoe2 Did you change your Grid size and accent lines? Also, you could try Ctrl-Shift-R a couple of times. I have not heard of this, but you might want to file a bug report.

I am having the same problem.

@dsngjoe2 @jamesswartz2203 Try hitting the number 3 on your Numpad and see if the grid shows up.

@AnthonyHayesAbyssartsStudio I used to think that way, but if you learn the shortcuts or set up your own, I don't think you will miss the shelf.

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Glad you found it helpful; thanks for watching.

You're welcome; thank you for watching.

You're welcome; glad you found it useful, and thank you for watching.

Your welcome. Thanks for watching.

Not sure I understand. You can adjust and undo the boolean, but there is currently no history, so you would have to hit ctrl+z to undo and re-adjust.

@pranavtyagofficial Thanks for watching. I plan to make a bunch more videos covering this subject. They take a lot of time to make, so I can't tell you how fast I will be able to post them. Another issue I have right now is we lack the analysis tools in Plasticity, for example the curvature comb. Without these tools it is had to show a lot of things. Take a look at this page, as it has a lot of valuable information. www.aliasworkbench.com/theoryBuilders/TB2_nurbs2.htm www.aliasworkbench.com/

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@kingcognito Thanks for watching. I agree that, depending on your individual use case, you may need to rework the topology in some cases. If I were going to use models in a video game, I would probably rework them, but I usually make actual real-world physical models from my designs, so in my case, I don't need to. My main focus right now is to show people how to work with the tools in their current state of development.

I agree with the ngons and the amount of clean up required. Disagree about the game models needing to be much lower res - unless we’re talking about mobile. Most other platforms can handle polygons just fine and there is no need for jagged visible polyedges in modern games. In fact, it’s often sensible to save time and move to the next asset, rather than optimize everything down to their last vertices and/or go with few more polygons to avoid those long thin triangles that can clog up the shader pipeline.

@marsmotion You are correct, Plasticity is not a good fit for everyone. I always tell people to use whatever tools they are comfortable with. At the end of the day, it's the results that matter, not the tool you get there with. I also try not to tell people how things should be done because it's different for each person. At the end of the day people should just be creating great things and having fun doing it.

@stupidity_incarnate Thanks for watching!

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@jameshakola3603 Thank you for the feedback! I'm a big Macross fan, for sure. It's something else I grew up on. I just finished the gun, and I am working on the VF-OS now so I can make a custom 4' tall version with my spin on the design. I like the idea of using a V-shaped scribe line. I had planned on doing a video of a few other methods as well, maybe I can add that method to the video. Thank you for the sub and for helping me grow the channel!

Thank you for watching! It's nice to know people are finding my videos useful!

You're welcome, I'm glad it helped.

You're welcome. Thank you for the sub!

@JoseMendoza-mc8ic I just uploaded the first video on single-span curves and hope to make one on single-span surfaces soon.

Once you get your UV mapping done, all you have to do is triangulate your mesh. That way, no matter what you're sending your model to, it will not matter.

got it ty~

Iif you triangulate your ngon mesh it may happen that some bevels will go crazy, i usually go in edit mode > select all > Ctrl Shif T (this command triangulate the mesh destructively and gives you a preciew of what the triangulste modifier will do) > ctrl Z to delete the triangulation (i just needed it to see what will happen in the future). if you have no bevels the object will be good 99% of the time even with ngons, if you have a 3 or 1 segments bevels be ready to do some type of manual triangulation in order to avoid sahding errors. In general ngons modelling is preferable for game assets with a lower tris count, it's a standard procedure to use ngons in modelling, uv mapping will be harder and sometimes manual triangulation gives you an headache.

I'm happy with the export results I am getting.

You're welcome! Good to hear it's helpful.

@@philprocariojr3563 very helpful!

Glad it helped!

Yes, look for GrimMoroe

@MatheooPL I'm not sure about the technical difference. When testing both, you will notice that they raise the degree by 1, but they do it differently, and I'm not sure exactly what that is. I'm getting an answer to this question now, though, and I will let you know what I find out.

@MatheooPL Nick Kallen got back to me on this. Raise degree does exactly what it says and subdivide adds spans. Spans - sub sections of the curve. Higher degree curves will have fewer spans (for a given number of CVs) and a greater degree of smoothness between spans.

​@@philprocariojr3563 I get it now. Thank you very much!

@@philprocariojr3563 By this I assume it would then be best to use the raise degree command for smooth surfacing? Great video by the way

@baril3d Actually, the degree of the surface is not what determines its smoothness. Higher degrees just allow for tighter bends in the surface. (More curvature)

@dbmd_uk kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpOWa5mrx5OYj5s.html I made this video to help describe what they are and how and when to use them. More will come later.

@iKaGe01 That's why you should export two models, one very high resolution and one lower resolution that is easy to UV map. Then, you can bake the high-resolution details to the lower-resolution model and not have that issue. At some point, I plan to create some tutorials on that subject. Maybe I can get some time this weekend to do one.

@@philprocariojr3563 That is still emulating detail though so will hamper close-ups etc unless it really is that good that the model will hold up to scrutiny even when done this way. Already use for example a bevel shader to add fillets on very sharp edges which does work

@iKaGe01 You said it is emulating detail, and although that is true, don't forget that in DCC apps like Blender, you have displacement maps, which will add physical details back at render time. A lot of people underestimate the power of displacement maps.

@@philprocariojr3563 Thanks for the replies. Would love a video about something along of that as I'm scared of doing all this CAD model to then have to downgrade for texturing. I've had some success with UVs with the high poly set to 1 but it has took a long while. Also the plasticity importer allows for selecting via island name which has made it a bit easier, even if with no seams, it seems to separate the model and you have to pin sections

@iKaGe01 Do you have a link with pics of the model you are working on?

@Contactbps I'm glad you found it helpful.