Perfect 3D Geometry in 50 Seconds
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Quad Remesher is pretty pricey, but it does an awesome job of remeshing complex geometry and you don't have to leave Blender.
you still do, especially if that object needs to be deformed and animated. a lot of the time quad remesher alone can not give you something usable for these porpuse, it also have problems with some details in the geometry.
It is still very neat and useful but there's almost always need to make sure and modify the geometry (i've been using it for a year and a half now).
@@Raska_chan Fair enough. I guess I just use it for concept art modeling. I really don't do animation. For that the addon is great. Simplify mesh for easier UV.
it can also sometimes generate spirals in the mesh, that is a nightmare to work with.
@@MetalGearMk3 This is extremely true i some time spent so much time trying to fix these that it would have been faster to go for manual retopology. But it's very effective and time saving when it works.
Ofc, but when I read this I identify in terms on not needing a Zbrush licence just to do auto remeshing. This technique is particularly useful by itself for hard surface work. And of course if you have a character, you still need a basic idea of retopology. But what OP says os true, you don't need to leave Blender. You can use this where it works and do manual retopology within Blender too.
Great vid man! Was looking forward to this.
Thank you so much for this tip! This plugin does amazing job with the meshes extracted from microscopy/micro tomography volumes!
thanks for showing off the add-on. I knew about it before but you gone further then others and give some tips on where to use it.
You baited us for a whole week just to make a 5 minute video showing quadremesher + subdiv + bevel? I thought you were going to teach us something profound so we didnt need quadremesher
I mean, you can always do it manually for 3 hours? When asked on Twitter, I've got over 130 comments and I don't recall anyone mentioning the addon, maybe 1 person.
@@Chocofur I was one of your Twitter followers who saw the post. Your question was "is this common knowledge already?" I thought you meant some kind of technique or workflow. Not just "buy quadremesher and click the button." I'm a beginner in 3D modelling, and I was looking forward to a video that would unlock a technique for turning bad topo into good topo. But the 'technique' is merely an addon that does the hard part for you. I guess I'm just a bit disappointed, but that's my own fault for making an assumption about what your intentions were. If you had asked if we wanted a video on quadremesher, I would not have been so excited.
Despite my disspointment, I'd like to say thank you anyway. I appreciate that you're creating educational content and helping other artists grow their skills.
Telling this to a guy who brings you the round wheel after most people have been driving around with square wheels? I guess it's possible to get used to, or even realize, the ride was bumpy... keep up the great work chocofur!
@@Gichanasa except the round wheel is made of gold or silver, for it to be so expensive.
"it's not that expensive" is always false when you're just starting out with Blender and don't have the funds for anything. If you have the funds for add-ons, why use Blender, which is free but extremely complex, when there's simpler paid options? Screw paid add-ons.
Edit to clarify: I appreciate the efforts that these guys put in plugins, but I'd much rather see the business model of those plugins be closer to paying for development of the plug-in, for a final free release, a sort of fundraiser per version kind of thing. That way those which want the next big features and those which want to support the developer can band together to cover the development costs, and those which can't afford said plugins can use them without too much trouble.
I have Quad remember and it doesnât always work this well, so this was pretty disappointing for me as well. It does not Always work like you say in the video unfortunately, though it can help.
Outstanding tip! †thanks for sharing
One of the tools in miss the most in blender, glad to see it. If they add a polish and polish by features, a proper polygroup/face set workflow then i'm in blender 100%
Nicely done!
very cool video, clean and simple, and this addon is incredible
thanks man, appreciate your comment
a bit more on tip6: if you want to make your remeshed mesh to be symmetrical, you can also make use of the addons symmetry option. Very helpful!
I had a character sculpt but it was very dense and therefore using edit mode was difficult to cut it in half. The addons symmetry feature was just perfect.
great video, thanks
I discovered it last week and yes, it's just awsome !!!
I love you and your tutorial
new sub, you're a beat, keep up the work man
great video, a question, what would be the equivalent addon for UVs?
This is incredible
Any people that use this in their workflow that can attest to the greatness of it. So far, I use Z-Brush's remesher but I have to tweak it a lot to get good results most of the time and it's tough to control paint it for friendly UVs.
I use this for almost every character/creature i sculpt, it is great, it may take some time and tweaks to get an accurate result tho, and in a few cases can be quite messy even unusable, but overall it's a great tool.
In the auto retopo field this is a great tool. But I always prefer to manually retopo to avoid spirals. Spiral edge loops are a nightmare to unwrap (yes, you can also auto unwrap but your UV shells will not be optimized in the UV space and it's also bad for texturing with a chaotic mesh & UV. I prefer to choose manually where I put my loops thinking of my UVs.
This tool can greatly work for retopo boolean meshes. But on organic models you can have spirals.
â@@SimFiftyFiftydoes quad remesher create good edge flow for character that need deform mesh for animating
ooof, the before and after views of the meshes is downright sexy
awesome!
holy crap, this is the 2nd video I watched from you and your tips feel almost like cheating!! great content! :D
Well that was super helpful! Thanks man!
Wow, this addon is just awesome, all those hours retopologying my models... If it only could keep the vertex groups, it would be already perfect hehe
@@Reptilligator OMG!!! Ok, I've just tried that out and... WAA!!! Dude, you're a legend. You've just saved me hours and days of work. The Data Transfer worked perfectly, it is true some of the weight paint isn't perfect but it's awesome. Thank you so much!!!
Coo, thank you. I didn't search for that but your video was suggested to me. I bookmarked the site for future use. As a beginner I first try to do it by my own to understand why I have to it. After i understand it maybe it will help me. đ
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I've been using quad remesher for a little bit now and when it works, it works really well. But there are some times when it really wants to fight you.
Fun Fact, Quad remesh is the same algo used in ZBrush's famous ZRemesh It's the same developer.
Is it good to remesh the topology of buildings, contructions, houses and structures in general?
it may be pricy but as far as i can see you can then use it for whatever 3D project you want both personal and commercial for a one time payment this is a super fair price in my opinion, i'm not able to afford it at this moment but in the future this will definitely be on my radar
There is instantmesh which is free and there is an addon that let you use it inside blender, but i prefer the stand alone anyway
I have zbrush, do you think the add-on is still worth itt? I usually take stuff to zbrush,. remesh over there with z-remesher and then bring it back. A little cubbersome but it works.
to me the crucial part is beveling the "sharp" edges with zero bevel profile (which is basically creating perfect edge loops on the entire model which fixes all the shading). not sure if that's possible in zbrush
@@Chocofur it is not, you can mark creases or use polygroups in zbrush to achieve something similar but I find for hard surface it's a better interface in blender. It is exactly the same algo between the two though. So if you have zbrush and don't do a lot of hard surface, there isn't much advantage over using GoB bridge and zbrush to remesh.
Look at my comment above ZBrush Zremesher gives you spirals, not loops. The answer would be strong yes if you use it a lot.
you could also use Instant Mesh
not even close the results, tried it before making the video
Smooth ;D
Hay thank you for making this "tutorial" well... really more of an AD.
But seriously this has SIGNIFICANTLY sped up my work flow
A complete noob here. How do you add the shine to your models? Is this some custom material or Blender provides some default ones?
What about QuadriFlow Remesh (which is native in Blender)? Doesn't it work quite good as well? What are the differences?
dont think I ever managed to get that to work, something about non manifold geometry, at least never works for geometry that was imported
@@pryada yea I see, it doesn't work properly with non manifold geometry, but I managed to get that work importing meshes, especially if they were scans or game ready (i.e. all triangles). When it works, the result is really nice and seems the same (?) to what has been shown in this video
I found a weakness in this addon. It is trash for cleaning up or remeshing hollow meshes with open holes. For example I made a complex building shape with window holes and no roof. It was basically the outer-skin of the building. My polygons are ok but I relied on tri's for some things and wondered if this addon might do a better job. It basically closed up the window holes and gave me some pretty messy polyflow around parts of the buildings details. So if you have open holes and low poly-counts this addon fails. Otherwise if you have a closed-hole boolean mess of a mesh, this thing seems to clean it right up and offer some pretty nice edgeloops too!
the moment i saw those uvw, i saw my life flash before my eyes.XD
is there a cupon code to buy it, seems very expensive for me atm
My brain exploded.
Does quad remesher make perfect topology edge flow for character sculpting that need animating and mesh deform later?
no, is good, but not that good
I would like to know how it works
In tip #6: I see a checkpoint "Symmetry X/Y/Z". Is it necessary to delete a half?
can i use this on mac? i've been having this problem on my macbook for so long, on windows it used to work perfectly but on macos it just doesnt remesh any type of mesh
It works fine on macOS for me đ€ iMac i9 and Macbook (both Intel btw)
It's really amazing đ€©đ€©
Thanks đ
I'll definitely give this a try.
There is something like Quadrangler 1.4 (C4D) to Blender??
I have used thjis before - it's magic.
Quad Remesher is really good! đ
i'ts not Maxime Rouca, i'ts Maxime Roucaaa (Hermione explaining the emagic spell Quad remesher is)
Is it a good addon for 3D printing? Im new a t 3d modeling
yes, Iâve actually forgot to mention. This technique would be also perfect for 3d printing for mesh cleanup.
@@Chocofur WOW thanks a lot g this will be so much usefull
great addon but doesnÂŽt work in old blender version like the 2.79.
Wow ! =O
Will Quad remesh fix the boolean artifacts?
100 bucks is NOT cheap, less so when this should be a feature in Blender.
Thanks for the tip tho, if you excuse me I'm going to pirate the heck out of that adon.
it's actually quite advanced to be in Blender natively just like that (BF would need to invest some actual resources to do that, but why if there's an addon already...) if you don't have money, just use burner emails every time you need the addon (not you, but I until I made that video I didn't realize there are so many people that needed this to be explained lol)
Are there cheaper alternatives? I don't want to invest into this just yet, but it's very tempting!
There's others that I can't speak to but they all want to be this. I think there's a month trial. Then a single user hobbyist license was around 60$
The only other way to get something with comparible results is to buy a second hand licence of Zbrush.
Well⊠there is a cheaper alternativeâŠ
The one I'm familiar with is beta quad by the same guy who made grid modeller. It's 7 dollars. I've never used it. It's a work in progress by his own words. His YT channel has videos of him using it.
If you don't mind using an external program, Instant Meshes is free and does an okay job of simplifying dense meshes, but it can leave a lot of details out so you'll probably have to subdiv and shrinkwrap to the original mesh to get those back
A hundred bucks for *this*? SOLD.
Perfect 3D geometry in 50 seconds:
Spend $100 on QuadRemesher.
I feel a bit clickbaited when the solution involves dropping a100 bucks. I think the title/thumbnail of this video should indicate it's not a technique, but a commercial add-on.
Good, i am trying to find something like this that are Foss and good, because here where I live this is quite expensive đ.
Maybe when i starting making the university final paper can be some retopology tool that uses IA (and some flow parameters)
And i use blender as a hobby, buying something that i can not use too much doesn't have a value for now
I get your point, but I still think spending 50$ on a hobby is not that much. That's a price of a video game.
blender team needs to add something like this by default, also better tools to work with UVs
instant meshes does the same, its free, but you have to export the model.
Iâve tried it for some time before making the video and itâs not even close unfortunately (there is a Blender integration)
I can't believe you made me buy it. I've held out for 10 years buying that addon, you pop on and Booom! bought.
It doesn't work on complex mesh.
lol but to be honest I was also held out for many years by never seeing it can actually create very good sharp edges for beveling (which is absolutely crucial in my workflow). just to make it clear, the video was not sponsored by the addon developer đ
hi does this addon work in the latest blender 3.5? and does this addon get updated regularly?
Yes and yes
Hi, need support for product renders light, will you recommend any tutorial ?
Quadremesher is not nearly as perfect as everyone thinks. It may have done well on this shape, but in most cases you will still have to fix the geometry after this plugin works.
Yeah, you just have to buy the addon lol
you can use it for free for 30 days and it's only 100âŹ. How many hundreds of hours that 100⏠will save you?
@Matthew Vermeulen Most people don't earn any money modeling so anything more expensive than free isn't worth it to them. I used to be in the same boat, I should know.
I never understood why some of these add-on are so expensive. $140 is pretty insane.
it's like 2 pairs of medium quality shoes, or 2 dinners out with friends
@@Chocofur I have to remesh manually in Blender so I don't have any shoes or friends.
meanwhile when I use it, it completely destroys my mesh. Even tho the topology is already quad based.
Not that expensive? $109.90 isnât exactly cheap either.
it saves you hundreds of work hours, how much should it cost?
you forget to tell color material can be use to deal with sharp edges and small area details
True, and a few more things the addon has to offer. But it's fairly easy to use, pretty sure people will figure it out đ
Remesh laughing in corner.
( I know there is a difference but free vs paid)
IDK, I just do models in Fusion 360 and render in Blender lol
We Zbrushers have been dining like kings all this time, gives you more perspective on how amazing zremesher truly is.
Same with 3ds max
I've been running this thing on trial for years lol
Version 1.2?
someone who gets it đ
very glad for have been the first to see yur nice youtube
let keep going Chocofor
Wow...the price....outsch....thats to much for me ...but great tool.....
how much for a tool that saves you hundreds of hours of work youâd be willing to pay for?
@@Chocofur sry...no offense...
I work in kids support center and we teach blender since 2.7 ...
Since maybe 2 years we see more and more tools specially for modelling are behind the paywall..
the kids came up with tutorials after the beginner course they are find on the Internet but these are heavy related to cool tools no question but behind paywalls..
we have not the admin control over the PC & Laptops Software management here in the Center...So buying some Tool and copy over all PC is not possible even I would pay for it and do it buy my self and paying for all PC is not an option too for Center.....
...the kids selfs are often not privilleged with money often it s the bus that cost more then they have to come to the Center..
So the paywall is hard for these kids...Kids are heavy interest in 3d modeling ...
but this is how blender now works..
free yes but a lot of features only for money and privileged people...
â@@sebbosebbo9794 I get your point with installing the software across multiple workstations in a closed environment, I really do. And I totally get it with kids paying for the software, although 30-50 USD is a price of a video game nowadays (I'm sure the author of the addon would help you out with the price if you reach out to him privately).
btw this is I think the only paid Blender addon me and my team use to get things done. The only alternative I know to do what the addon does, is tedious hand remodeling of an entire 3D mesh (which I don't think anyone would like to watch or make tutorial about it).
I still think Blender is one of the very few hobbies that costs almost no money to play around with, and it can lead to a full time job later.
Peace man and good luck with the kids, you're doing Lord's work!
Neuron activation
you look exactly like travis bickle
Low cost zremesh
Loll. Clickbait. Yes, you are really skilled using quadremesher.
i never get good results with quadremesher
It's hit and miss but the developer is working on a new version.
@@MetalGearMk3 good to hear, hope they hurry up, thinking about investing in retopo software rn
I guess it depends on what you need it for ,we did quite a lot of modeling in our studio recently using it and it was perfect (hence the idea for the video). but it's not a single click solution for CAD file retopology for example, you still need to do quite a lot of stuff manually.
@@Chocofur I'm not sure whats going on, but i can't get it to work, i couldn't believe the result you achieved. I have a highpoly i did so many things to to get it to work but it cant keep the original forms, even though adaptive is set to 100%.
I will give it another shot when they release a new update, i could REALLY REALLY use a good remesher. At one point i was considering getting zbrush just for the retopology options :D
In default settings it doesn't really work well for me neither. Im personally always use Normal Splitting and set all hard edges manually. But i use it for hardsurface where hard edges are possible, for organic stuff thats, probably, not an option.
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the price is a joke, you should have said in the title "paid method"
How much something that saves you hundreds of hours of tedious work should cost?
The addon is cool and all buuut I don't see someone spending 100 dollars for it that's a bit much my dude.
You know, there are a few people making a living with 3d and theyâre willing to trade 109$ for couple of hundreds of hours of unnecessary work
@@Chocofur Right, I'm not saying that people wouldn't get the addon for the price but just the addon could get more purchases if it was lower in cost.
The addon does do a lot to help out with how much time it saves you but most addons that are near 100 dollars either have a ton of features or a ton of assets for building things though this addon just does one thing very well. It just seems like it's price could be a bit less steep so that way it could reach more people.
that's an add.
and I do it for free
It's nice but counter-intuitive to the open source/free nature of blender.
Its basicaly zremesher.
+ correctly done bevel
Zremesher gives you spirals, not loops. Deceptively similar, but quite different in reality and in practice.
@@Gichanasa Depends on basic shape. I trided this addon and it works very similar. Having organic shape i get some spirals in most cases.
"ill show you how to do this!
first you need to spend 100 dollars"
is 100$ really that much for someone who makes money with it? because you also have the hobby version for less than 60$. It's also tiresome to connect the dots for all of you complaining, but you can use the trial version for 30 days and then do it again with a burner email
Do you think this method can replace the add on: czcams.com/video/UIJRSyJ7cSg/video.html
I would like QuadRemesher to work at least 98% for all cases in hardsurface modeling, with mixed flat and curved surfaces. Maybe in a few months...with the help of AI.
And that it would work perfectly even with hardsurface meshes with low polygon count and completely MESSY and WRONG, from the point of view of correct topology. Of course, it should churn out very low polygon-count models...if I want, and I want that almost always.
That is, I want to be able to afford to model for 3 minutes create tris and ngons while modeling; then I stop and do remesher; then I continue to mess up my mesh and so on until I complete a clean model made only of quads...but without wasting HOURS and days of my life only for perfectly stitching holes in a sphere.
don't think this will ever happen, even with the AI đ„
Too slow.. I need it in 30 seconds
Just to clarify - the video is not sponsored by the addon developer, I just wanted to share a technique that saves me literally hours of work. Sorry if the video title made you think there is any "secret" way to do this in vanilla version of Blender. To me the addon is merely another 3D tool to get things done.
Unless I'm misunderstanding the license information on addon developer's site, they are violating the GPL by not having their addon comply with GPL (as is necessary to release a blender addon under)
@@neilgordon1981 I believe the addon portion is licensed under the GPL(or could be if not) the addon is just a bridge to a seperate piece of software running on your computer which doesn't need to be GPL...
@@chrisjames6424 do you believe it or know it?
@@neilgordon1981 I just checked, yes the bridge is licensed under the GPL. It's in the python source code for the addon. The bridge is useless without the remeshing software running on your PC - Which does not need to be licensed under GPL. Does that clarify?
2:20 - I love when you're saying how amazing this plugin is, you're showing a clip of it doing an absolutely terrible job on a hard surface shape, warping it and giving it all crooked edges, then hiding the mess with a subdiv. Like nobody would notice. How much did they pay you to shill this?
how was this a bad job? all you need is to add a bevel to that geo (which I did at 2:45) and you'll have a perfect subdiv surface ready mesh. I was paid exactly $68.89 from YT ads at the time of writing this comment
This is First Comment...
And this is insane i loved this technique>
thanks for the first comment my man!
âItâs really not that expensiveâ riiight for one that has easy expandable income maybe. You aint that people smart huh dingle dongle
how much an addon that saves you hundreds of hours should cost? just curious
Even less of an excuse for people to keep making ugly dirty meshes.
chup ho jaa
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"shows you don't suck at 3d modeling" people who think quads are a must, suck at 3d modeling
donât recall saying that about quads