Help! (Sculpting Levels)

#1

My name is michelle and I’m an animator from canada! :smiley:

Alright here is my situation.

I modeled a character mesh in maya. Now, I exported it as an obj, and opened mudbox. I made sure that it has no history.

Now i open mudbox, import the mesh, and I’m ready to start sculpting. Or so I thought. I press Shift + D to apply more scuplting levels. First level is ok. Now if I press it again to get a second level, Mudbox just closes down. Or freezes. Once it told me i had insufficiant memory to do that action. WHICH IS COMPLETE BULL. :banghead:

When i open up the default face or tree stump. I can get those up to 8m polys or 8 - 9 levels.

But on my model, i cant get pass 100 000 polys nor can i get beyond level 1

Please, isnt there anyone who can help me?

#2

There must be a problem with your basemesh.have you made a checklist against the dos/dont’s from mudhelp regarding exporting from your 3d app?

#3

No, where may i find this list.

Also, i tried exporting another peice of him and it subdivided as many times as a wanted to. I exported it the same way.

#4

You’ll find it in the MudBox help file,along with alot more besides:) Here’s a quick link

look to your left:Import & Export>Prepare amodel for sculpting

#5

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