Topogun beta sign up - Polyloop

zaxxon · 28th December 2006, 17:01

http://www.topogun.com/

Topogun is a very slick retopologizing tool. This is a significant addition to the 3D toolbox. Currently semi-working in the Silo beta (surface snapping), and promised in ZB 2.5, and sorta funky in Modo; topogun appears to be very robust and usable. Check out this video:

http://www.topogun.com/videos/mov/practical1.mov

The idea is to create a base mesh true to your desired form without worrying about all quads and edge flow details, then subdivide and do your rough brush sculpt (hex, mudbox, ZB, silo). Then retopo with topogun and create a new base with all quads and correct edgeflow,
bake your high res data to the new mesh (with MB or some other utility), then refine your brush sculpt to a finished level. Then retopo the completed high density mesh to get a very clean base mesh that will support thru dislpacement or normal mapping the fine detail of the high res mesh. This may seem a bit much, but consider how much time (and sometimes compromising) it takes to create the initial mesh with correct edge loops and quads. Others will have their own workflow with this type of tool, but this type of tool will be very cool to have at your disposal.

jbshorty · 28th December 2006, 18:14

it looks like the topo tools that Pixologic has been showing for 2+ years, but still nobody can use them

... I remember seeing Topogun videos a few months ago, and was quite impressed. How tough are the restrictions to get access to the beta? Is it "elite" users only, as Mudbox? Or a real public beta, like Moi...

zaxxon · 28th December 2006, 18:25

Hey there JB, I've applied, but no response yet, so we'll see. It would be very cool to have access to this one. It would certainly put hex back into the mix for me.

Nichod · 30th December 2006, 17:46

Just letting you know that Blender also has this functionality now.

Here is a simple demonstration:http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.p...p/Using_Retopo

This ReTopo is much more robust though then Modo, Silo, Blender, etc...worth a look I think.

28th December 2006, 17:01	#1 (permalink)
zaxxon NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 117	Topogun beta sign up http://www.topogun.com/ Topogun is a very slick retopologizing tool. This is a significant addition to the 3D toolbox. Currently semi-working in the Silo beta (surface snapping), and promised in ZB 2.5, and sorta funky in Modo; topogun appears to be very robust and usable. Check out this video: http://www.topogun.com/videos/mov/practical1.mov The idea is to create a base mesh true to your desired form without worrying about all quads and edge flow details, then subdivide and do your rough brush sculpt (hex, mudbox, ZB, silo). Then retopo with topogun and create a new base with all quads and correct edgeflow, bake your high res data to the new mesh (with MB or some other utility), then refine your brush sculpt to a finished level. Then retopo the completed high density mesh to get a very clean base mesh that will support thru dislpacement or normal mapping the fine detail of the high res mesh. This may seem a bit much, but consider how much time (and sometimes compromising) it takes to create the initial mesh with correct edge loops and quads. Others will have their own workflow with this type of tool, but this type of tool will be very cool to have at your disposal.

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Nichod Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 612 Images: 1	Just letting you know that Blender also has this functionality now. Here is a simple demonstration:http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.p...p/Using_Retopo This ReTopo is much more robust though then Modo, Silo, Blender, etc...worth a look I think. __________________ Email Me. Visit my blog! Get hundreds of shader presets! Get Art of Shaders! And a preview for Art of Skin is now available. AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-40 (2.2GHz/1MB L2 Cache) 1280 MB DDR 333mHz RAM 128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM) 60 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive DVD+/-RW/R & CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800) I use.

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28th December 2006, 18:14	#2 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,314 Images: 1	it looks like the topo tools that Pixologic has been showing for 2+ years, but still nobody can use them ... I remember seeing Topogun videos a few months ago, and was quite impressed. How tough are the restrictions to get access to the beta? Is it "elite" users only, as Mudbox? Or a real public beta, like Moi...

28th December 2006, 18:25	#3 (permalink)
zaxxon NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 117	Hey there JB, I've applied, but no response yet, so we'll see. It would be very cool to have access to this one. It would certainly put hex back into the mix for me.