Dynamesh Punisher

[darkeye]

made from odd shapes pushed, pulled and welded in a jiffy with Dynamesh.
you can see it in action on Z Central and U Tube. lots of vids around. i did this one with 4R2 but now have the 4R4 upgrade which has another new feature called Q-Remesh which remeshes a sculpt in to quads!! didnt have that on this guy. also- Q-rmesher can reduce ,double or keep the same Polycount. darned cool way of decimating a large count down if you have some limit.
hope this is interesting and helps support a fledgling forum.

happy modelling everyone-- tim

 

[darkeye]

few other pics from that file at differing stages. with dynamesh you can make separate parts the just weld them on like hands say. alot lot like epoxy or wax i feel.

atb --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

Very helpful Tim. Will it also part a full figure out and put joints on the parts? Now that would be well worth it

 

[darkeye]

yes it can; ZB can do booleans with a click using its' Insert brushes (sphere, cylinder ect) plus by holding Alt it can also core out a joint shape or create a shell. very powerful tool that is improving all the time. one of my top spends i reckon.
was a bit confusing to navigate at first but then isnt everything new? the trick i find is in using the Brush Depth slider and Stoke pallette to get the effects you might want. took me a time but worth it.
hope thats even more helpful to you.

atb --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

Tim,
That would be worth the purchase alone. Currently I use 4 different 3D applications to do coring and 4 different applications to sculpt. What are minimum systerm requirements?
What do you have it installed on?

 

[darkeye]

well at first i had it on an old laptop of less than 1GB from 2005 but last december i bought a Hp Pavillion HPE with an I7 3.3hz and 8GB mem plus a TB of storage. i wanted a dedecated computer for CG/reference ect and wasnt going to use it for the net...... that didnt last !!!
the old comp just slowed to a snail's lick eventually but could handle zb untill the poys went skyward then it would present the screen o death...

my current one will do 20 mill or more while making tea so its like anything i guess; right tool for the job.

atb --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

I've got a Dell Studio XPS 7100 with an AMD Phenom II 3.ghz processor and 6GB RAM with 1 TB hard drive and a usp storage drive with 3TB. I think your i7 is a much better cpu though. I like the idea of having lap top to, I can plug it into my 50" 1080p Plasma screen and do work while I sit in my lotus chair

 

[darkeye]

well that should do nicely!
comfort is definitely king so a good armchair would bo well. i am typing at my comp desk but whilst i have a chair worth hundreds, i still get sore at times. i am imposing a 2 hr limit on digi the i have to go do some Trad sculpting at my stand to reset my back and such.
i'd suggest the free trial for 30 days and go from there if you like it. i did and dont regret paying for it plus like the castilene being re-useable, you get free upgrades! bargain.

atb --tim