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[Taros]

Update: A little bit smoother.
I hate this... it makes so mutch fun, but it's a hobby project and I have onther tasks to do, actually...

Be creative
Chris

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[Taros]

It is difficult thing, but I know, it is important, so I am thinking how to do that.

I'am curious.

[Taros]

I am a little bit disappointed. If I try to increase the resolution of my gorilla model, 3DC crashes. The program says, I don't have enough virtual memory. So I've set the virtual memory to 6144 MBytes, my physical RAM is 3 Gigabytes. My operating system is Win XP pro 32 Bit.

The interesting point is, that 3DC detects only 4096 MBytes, and crashes nervertheless... every time. Is this a bug?

Is my only solution to move to a 64 bit system?

So I've stopped to work on my model...

Regards
Chris

[Javis]

Yes unfortunately. 32bit OSs are very limited in this regard. I can safely say once you start sculpting in a 64bit environment, the only thing limiting you then is the amount of RAM you have.

[Taros]

Yes unfortunately. 32bit OSs are very limited in this regard. I can safely say once you start sculpting in a 64bit environment, the only thing limiting you then is the amount of RAM you have.

So, then I will have to wait some months... This here is my daily workstation and I am living the sentence: "Never change a running system!". So my plan is to buy a new machine at the end of the year or if my money account says "ok", the earliest...
My plan is to buy a machine with two quad intel xeon processors and 8 GB RAM, dependent how mutch ram costs - then probably more memory.

Very bad for now.

Be creative
Chris

[Taros]

Hi folks.

My memory limit of 3 Gbytes...(!) let me not continue with skulpting, but I've started to retopo my model and plan to texture it later. The foots needs some adjustmets, too.
Following a wip.

Be creative
Chris

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[Tony Nemo]

Hi folks.

My memory limit of 3 Gbytes...(!) let me not continue with skulpting, but I've started to retopo my model and plan to texture it later. The foots needs some adjustmets, too.
Following a wip.

Be creative
Chris

Hi Chris, I'm a nooby and have not taken up voxel sculpting yet but I am interested in your work flow. I gather that

1. you create the object with sculpting.
2. you retopo to get a mesh.
3. merge the mesh back into the scene?
4. create texture.
5. export texture

Does that look correct?

Gorgeous silver back, BTW!

[Taros]

Hi Chris, I'm a nooby and have not taken up voxel sculpting yet but I am interested in your work flow. I gather that

1. you create the object with sculpting.
2. you retopo to get a mesh.
3. merge the mesh back into the scene?
4. create texture.
5. export texture

Does that look correct?

Gorgeous silver back, BTW!

Absolutely correct workflow summary.
Before I paint the texture, I create uv-coordinates in 3DC. 3DC offers the possibility to do it automaticly, too. But I prefer the manual method. I could set the texture coordinates in Softimage, too, but 3DC offers good tools and I save time. Otherwise I must export the model and reimport it again for painting.

[Taros]

Alpha 83 CUDA: A current test to make sharp edges on objects.
I guess, the scrape tool is the better flatten tool... The flatten tool is currently too slow, and produces bugs.

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[Silentman]

I'm a little curious Taros, are you running in the GL or Cuda version 3DCoat, i'm wondering if Cuda will have better performance ?

I realize the need to go to 64bit, i myself am on the journey to 64 bit, but as you mentioned why do it when you have a good running machine, for me i will by a an extra system, 64bit, for the explicit purpose of installing software such as 3DCoat, Photoshop, 3DS Max and so on. I want to keep the other pc for trialling software and maybe using as a render farm + general daily tasks

[Taros]

I'm a little curious Taros, are you running in the GL or Cuda version 3DCoat, i'm wondering if Cuda will have better performance ?

I realize the need to go to 64bit, i myself am on the journey to 64 bit, but as you mentioned why do it when you have a good running machine, for me i will by a an extra system, 64bit, for the explicit purpose of installing software such as 3DCoat, Photoshop, 3DS Max and so on. I want to keep the other pc for trialling software and maybe using as a render farm + general daily tasks

Your question: Yes, I'am working in CUDA-mode only. It is twice as fast as without cuda. I use a GForce 8800 GTS with 512MB RAM.

Yes, this will be the same what I will do. I plan to buy a new PC and this one will have a 64 bit system and probably two intel xeon processors. But the minimum will be a 64 bit system, with 8 Gbytes of Ram, hopefully 16 GBytes. The new one will be my next workstation.

Regards
Chris

[rb452k]

Alpha 83 CUDA: A current test to make sharp edges on objects.
I guess, the scrape tool is the better flatten tool... The flatten tool is currently too slow, and produces bugs.

Yoshimitsu?

For sharp edges try the "vox pinch" tool.

[Taros]

Yoshimitsu?

For sharp edges try the "vox pinch" tool.

Yoshimitsu???
I know the vox pinch, but it solves not all...

[rb452k]

Yoshimitsu???
I know the vox pinch, but it solves not all...

OK, here's a sneaky tip then I use the "extrude tool" with a pointy brush (curved profile) and extrude the edge a little, then use vox pinch on it - try it

Cheers!
Ren

[tree321]

I like that character Taros.Is he a mushroom guy?Would be cool to see this painted with many clones in a scene, maybe with several different expressions.

Good luck with your new machine!I built mine about 6 months ago and it's made quite a difference with Coats performance.

[Taros]

A result from yesterday evening. I've tested the current release candidate.

Regards
Chris

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[Taros]

A weekend doodle. About 4 hours till now. I promise, I will skulpt him to the end, but I don't know when... I didn't forgot my gorilla model, it will be finished, as soon as I have my new PC, expected at the end of this year.

Makes fun.

By the way: the Zentaur-model is sculpted completely in 3DC, without any basemesh.

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[e214]

Good start on the centaur.

[Taros]

Good start on the centaur.

Thanx. As soon as I have some sparetime, I will continue with the legs... I've began to early with details.

[Taros]

Started to build the legs... needed some "relaxation" from my job. Had a creative blocade in my current job task, but after thirty minutes 3DC everything was ok.
I will modify the proportions later, I think. The charakter should represent "speed". But I will skale the hooves a little bit, too.

A short note for the body: It will not(!) be a Horsebody, it should be a deer. So, don't be surprised about the Legs.

Here is the current result:

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