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FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 29 Jun 2015, 18:21
by Angel 07
Quick start video:


Link for download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/114 ... %200.7.zip
Link to post with last release data: http://www.si-community.com/community/v ... 105#p52105

Some description: this is retopology tool for Softimage, It based on FabricEngine, so it should be installed too. May be the tool will work with old versions, but current 1.15.x is recommended. The core of FESRetopo consists from splice-operator and some extensions. So, it can be used also in Maya. For Softimage I additionally create some python script for automatically execution. So, after installation you will obtain item "FESRetopo" in Create - Poly. Mesh section

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There are three parameters:

Reference - path to hi-poly file
Hide reference - when it checked, then the hi-poly reference is not drawing in the viewport
Hide HUD - when it checked, then edges and points are not drawing in viewoprt in the case of splice manipulator is disabled (for example, when rotate the camera).

In fact the global purpose of this tool is to build the analogue of Topogun for Softimage and take retopology process of some small models inside one 3d-progarm without import-export actions.

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Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 29 Jun 2015, 23:38
by wesserbro
ha! Just yesterday i was thinking about retopo in Softimage!
The idea was to create retopo based on weight map.
-paint low-poly wire to weight map
-emit particles base on weight map
-poligonize them
-apply relax deformer to smooth down this blobbed net to a wire.
-remove doubles
-dissolve vertices with 2 edges connected.
-fill wire with polys (dont know if SI can do this, but was intended to export resulting wire to blender , which does)
This gives pretty good results, but painting weights on a dense mesh is no fun in softimage :(

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 00:01
by wesserbro
I dont have splice installed, but there is alot of code in KL files. I think same functionality in SI C++ API would be like 5 times shorted. Hope most of those kernel language commands were generated automatically base on a few visual nodes :)
Anyway, great plugin, and can be used in Maya also. Just to much code... Bad Fabric Engine, bad! :)

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 15:18
by Angel 07
Make some improvements, and now it works much faster.

And yes, if try to write the same tool in c++ API of Softimage, then the number of lines in code will be the same (more or less). The main part of this code belongs to logic and does not depend on Softimage API or FabricEngine API.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 18:54
by Bullit
Very nice. Thanks Angel.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 19:07
by diissar
Thanks a lot :-bd

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 20:47
by rray
Great - thanks for sharing the source code also.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 30 Aug 2015, 21:15
by Angel 07
The next 0.7 version update.

Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/114 ... %200.7.zip

Some sample videos:
1. The process of sphere retopology. All new tools used.


2. More complicated case of the eye area.


3. Ear.


Whats new. The most important - new three tools:
1. Edge tool. Allow to create an edge between two points. Also allow to extrude an edge and form a 4-sided polygon. Convenient to create polygon loops.
2. Move brush. Simple move points.
3. Relax brush. Smooth the wire.

Also there is a short manual in the archive with pictures and descriptions of tools.

And yes, all done for Fabric Engine 1.15.3.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 31 Aug 2015, 03:35
by El Burritoh
THAT is really cool!

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 31 Aug 2015, 10:20
by Rork
Very cool! Love that relax tool :)

Definitely will have a go with this.

Thanks for sharing! :-bd

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 31 Aug 2015, 11:51
by diissar
Thanks a lot for sharing Angel 07
really appreciate it :-bd

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 04 Sep 2015, 20:12
by Bravlin Pechatnik
already said it. This tool have great potential.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 05 Sep 2015, 12:40
by gaboraa
Great!

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 06 Sep 2015, 04:51
by FXDude
Great indeed,

And nice to see fairly complex Fabric things working in soft!

One of the recent Fabric clips (presented by Mr Mootz) shown a fabric genereated mesh deformed by a lattice, so at first glance it seems to play well with layered operators (most probably including ICE 'operators')

In any event Congratz and useful indeed! (in whatever app :) )

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 10 Sep 2015, 21:14
by izze
Working great! Thank you so much for this tool. Its very exciting to see Fabric tools keeping the community alive.

Re: FESRetopo - retopology tool for Softimage

Posted: 11 Sep 2015, 13:16
by Mootzoid
nice work, Angel!