Sculpting question

[wedge]

that is the nature of NURBS.... you ARE sculpting the wireframe isoparms, its just the shaded view doesn't show you all of them.

[Raptor235]

well is there anyway to change the shaded view to show all of them?

[Raptor235]

I just reread your question one more time...i dont' think i am sculpting the wireframe iso parms cause when I zoom in and try to sculp an area that doesn't show iso parms nothing happens it only affects the big intersections

[ryguy]

When using Artisan on a mesh, it uses vertices to scultp so you need more vertices... so add more isoparms around the area you need more detail: Select an iso and move it where you want, then shift+select/move any other ones you want in that area.

Then go to Edit Nurbs -> Insert Isoparms. Then use the scultp surfaces tool. You should get more control.

~Ryan

[Raptor235]

great i'll try tha

[fango]

if you want to see your isoparms in wireframe mode, you need to switch to detail 1 (hit 1 ), or you can use that script

displaySmoothness -divisionsU 0 -divisionsV 0 -pointsWire 16 -pointsShaded 4;
subdivDisplaySmoothness -smoothness 3;

(put it on your shelf) select the object, hit the script. you will now see only your isoparms in wireframe view and still see a lv3 detail in shaded view.

[MasonDoran]

Raptor, judging by your model...you already have more then enough detail to model a head....you are just creating more work for yourself. If you want to use NURBS....look for the tut on Highend3d.com for patchmodeling

[ryguy]

That's one downfall about using the sculpt surfaces tool. Your models need to be heavy in order for the tool to respond correctly.

~Ryan

[MasonDoran]

for me, The best work flow is using the surface editing tool....much faster and easier then artisan......and then i smooth the kinks out with artisan. There is tons more control with the surface editing tool because you can grab a point anywhere on the surface instead of being limited to the CVs like artisan. That way u can have a low res surface to make things more efficient.

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