Questions tagged [dynamic-topology]
Dynamic topology is a new sculpting mode that subdivides the mesh as needed, whereas regular sculpting only affects the shape of a mesh. This makes it possible to sculpt complex shapes out of a simple mesh, rather than just adding details onto a modeled base mesh.
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My sculpting tool is not changing my model but I can transform (grab, snake hook, etc.)
brand new to blender here. Recently started following some tutorials to learn how to sculpt and model in blender. After one video, I decided to run off on my own and try to mess around a bit. Ran in ...
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Dyntopo and Symmetry not working together?
I'm new to Blender and I'm following Blender Guru's Anvil tutorial. In the video Blender Intermediate Tutorial - How to Sculpt Details, when Andrew is sculpting, he uses Dyntopo and Symmetry and it ...
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Dynamic topology in sculpt mode causes sculpt to deform on opposite side
I have been trying to find a way to word this to google or SE search, and I can't find anyone showing this issue. When I sculpt with dynamic topology enabled, the changes that I make to one side of ...
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Dyntopo doesn`t do anything even though it's activated
While sculpting a hand dyntopo stopped working after I unionized the last Finger to the hand. It worked for the first four, but after the last it didn't. It shows that it is activated, but it just ...
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How can I dynamically add plane meshes to an object
I want to sculpt terrain for an open world game that I am working on and I'm looking for a way to have blender dynamically add plane meshes for me to sculpt as I work, kind of like a minecraft-ish ...
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X symmetry is not symmertrical
I am sculpting the ear of my character but x mirroring is not symmetrical. I've selected the ear and applied all transformations but I still get the same results. Is there a solution to this? Thanks
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Symmetrize only masked area
Is there any way to only symmetrize the masked part of and object in sculpting mode? The Remesh->Symmetrize in dyntopo option will symmetrize the whole object even when some part of it is masked or ...
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How to sculpt with dyntopo without damaging uv?
Is there a way to use dyntopo on an object that already has uv without damaging it's uv map, and if it is not possible
at least make the texture look the same?
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How to continue smoothly from a previous sculpt stroke with dyntopo
I often find myself trying to sculpt reliefs or other dips / increments to a model with a set depth or height. Like this, with the plant figures all being the same height:
The layer brush-tool with ...
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Retopology philosophy
On the right is an ear from a full head. Note the tri geometry throughout.
On the left is an attempt at redoing the head into quad-based topology.
During the process, I tried Dyntopo in Sculpt mode. ...
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How to undo dyntopo on a specific area?
I've been sculpting for the past couple days and realize as I move in for more detailed sculpting that I have a spot with dyntopo that I must have accidentally clicked. This was a couple days ago, so ...
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Retopologizing this mess?
I sculpted this based on my beginner knowledge (forsaking any complex sculpting knowledge that might discourage and keep me from getting to the end), but now I want to paint and pose the character and ...
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Cant sculpt parts of mesh
I am not able to sculpt properly in the middle of my mesh. Around it I use Dyntopo of 50 and it works fine but as soon as I get to the middle it does almost no changes whatsoever.
I cant figure out ...
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Dyntopo destroying basemesh
I guess I am relatively new to Blender, or at least don't have a ton of experience. I was trying a new way of making models I found out about where you make a basemesh out of metaballs, convert it to ...
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Sculpt mode destroying back of model
Hi everyone,
Was feeling really pleased with the progress of these tiles, until I rotated the model and saw that everything I have been doing has not just been sculpting the top surface? Inside the ...
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how can I keep dyntopo toggled "ON" while flipping between layout and sculpt mode?
While sculpting, I tend to flip out of sculpt mode to change materials, or do something with the camera, etc. And when I go back to my model to continue sculpting, the Dyntopo mode has been checked ...
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Dyntopo creating spikes or stretched sculpt result on mesh
When I try to sculpt with dyntopo on a sword it creates really weird results while it works just fine on other meshes. Any idea what causes this?
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Where is the 'detail flood fill' option in blender 2.9?
I wanted to try it out but I can't find it.
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Why some brushes don't Dyntopo?
Using Blender 2.9, and not sure if this is normal but a couple of brushes don't dyntopo, for example, Smooth and Draw Sharp. It is kind of frustrating since when I need to draw sharp FOR SURE I need ...
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Slightly edited Mesh disappears when activating Dyntopo in Sculpt Mode. Blender 2.8
Total newbie here. I was trying blenders 2.8 sculpting tools and i came across this situation.
I started a new sculpt file and began sculpting the default object that comes in it. Once i was ...
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dynotopo sculpting - which make the file to big
When I go into Dynotopo, I come with an 86 Mb file, and set it to constant detail 20, - and do a Little with the snakebrush, a Little inflation, and smooth - and then boom, after only 5-10 minutes i ...
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Dyntopo Resolution Seems Off
So, I'm new to sculpting, and I was following Grant Abbitt's tutorial here: https://youtu.be/lKY2FIy60nc?t=119
His resolution at 20 seems pretty smooth. But, when I try to use that same resolution, ...
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Dynamic Topology Very Slow
I've been following this tutorial, and at about 22:45 he uses the grab brush to create the neck of our character.
At this point, using the grab brush brings Blender to an absolute crawl: it takes a ...
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Network animation with faces / simplicial complex using animation nodes
I am looking for a way to quickly and automatically construct an animation of a type of network (called a simplicial complex) wherein sections of the network structure have material on the faces in ...
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Dynotopo warning “Vertex Data Detected”
I am doing an Anime female model for my animations I am not a beginner, but still finding my way around Blender.
It seems like every object I use that is poly does not work I use the subdivision ...
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Trouble deleting mesh parts from sculpting -From symmetric View
So I am quite familiar to Blender but I am coming across this very annoying part in sculpting mode in Blender. I did in fact have dyntopo on so you all know and was increasing from the original mesh ...
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Sculpting: How to join two ends (threads) of the SAME mesh?
Good day, lovely community of BSE!
I obstacle a problem when taught my cousin a sculpting.
I tried to make a knot, like a cup handle, using Snake Hook sculpting brush. But when I tried to join two ...
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Fixing bad topology during Sculpting
Sometimes when I am sculpting with Dyntopo, the mesh topology will become terrible and it becomes difficult to fix. I have found a few ways to fix it, such as using the inflate and simplify brushes to ...
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No sculping when the other side is hidden
I wanted to model the arms, but I hid the whole body so that I can only see one arm. Unfortunately, the mirror effect is not applied if everything else is hidden. How can I make the mirror effect work?...
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Why does it look like the skin of my character model is peeling when I join the hands to the mesh in Blender 2.82?
I'm nearing the end of my first male base mesh sculpt in Blender 2.82, but when I either boolean or just join the hands to the arms there's a sort of skin peeling effect. This continues all over the ...
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Making a hole in a Dynatopo sculpt without Boolean
I was just wondering if there are other ways of creating holes in meshes that aren't 100% symmetrical (thanks dyntopo) or too intricate using something other then the Boolean modifier.
I'm currently ...
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"Vertex Data Detected" - Dynamic Topology (Dynotopo Warning)
When I try to sculpt in sculpt mode using dynamic topology, I get a message saying there is "vertex data detected." Despite this, I try to sculpt, but the details don't refine as I get closer to the ...
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2.81 Dyntopo destroying geometry?
This is my first time using blender sculpting, and whenever I sculpt with dyntopo on it removes geometry instead of adding it. The bottom two lines in the picture are with dyntopo on and the top ones ...
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Sculpting Dynamic topology or detail flood fill?
I have been watching a few different YouTubers that are posting time-lapses of there work and I have seen a sudden jump up in using almost no Dynamic topology at all. They are just using detail flood ...
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how to disable automatic UV generation?
This dyntopo popup really gets into my nerves. Everytime I create a primitive form, Blender creates automatically an UV map. Is there some way to disable the auto generation?
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I cant sculpt with dyntopo
I'm using blender 2.8 and when I tried to sculpting there's no change in my object. In the video I watched, he was able to do it with the Ctrl key without turning on the dyntopo.
It didn't happen ...
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How to make a mesh chair surface using a good toplogy
I'm making a modeling similar to a mesh chair. I don't think my way of modeling is good for topology, so I'd like to hear about your experience.
The way I used to use it is the same as the third ...
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Fixing texture brush
I'm trying to use a texture brush that i've added, the source "skin" brush is a 528 by 528 image.
When I use my brush with dyntopo resolution set 200, this is the result. Obviously this is incorrect. ...
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"Extrude poly ribbon" (ctrl+click) not working for me
So I've been following this blender tutorial and have just created a head using Dyntopo. I am now learning how to finish it with retopo. I started out by turning on snap during transform (snap ...
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sculpting - How to get rid of the bumpy surface?
When I normally sculpt in blender using subd (without dyntopo) the surface looks clean after applying some strokes, but when I enable dyntopo the surface gets bumpy quickly, I guess because of the ...
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Sculpt looks pixilated
This is a leaf to a Chinese money plant that I've been working on. I went into sculpt mode to add the veins. But, when I try to sculpt any detail, it comes out looking a bit... Chunky. Like it's ...
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Simplify Dyntopo and it's methods
Can someone please explain Dyntopo in Sculpting beacuse so far it's kinda hard to understand:
-Which Detail Refine Method to use and when
-Which Detail Type Method to use and when
-How many pixel ...
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How to fix and reshape messed up shapes in sculpt mode
i’m trying to get more into sculpting. While doing so, i’m sculpting a fetus model. During that, i lost my attention to the hands. Now that i am in Dyntopo mode already, i need to fix the hands:
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Dnytopo constant at 6 looks really bad, not like video I am following (blender 2.8)
So found this 'beginner' tutorial on blender 2.8 that makes this nifty low poly scene. 3 minutes in I am like 'um not getting the same thing'. Tried it several times and cannot figure out what I am ...
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how i disable this in dyntopo sculpting?
i did a test showing you this as you can see, the polygons in the plane get more deep when i scroll in or out,i do not want that the brush detail increase or decrease when i scroll in or scroll out to ...
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How would i go about retopology for this object? [closed]
I am a blender newbie and have modeled and sculpted this tombstone with a cool symbol and some cracks on it but somewhere along the line it made the whole mesh made of tris...
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Should I turn off Dynamic Topology if I have a huge number of verts?
So, I'm making quite a big mesh and at some point I've reached 1.5-2 million verts. This, obviously, slowed down Blender and it's near impossible to work. Is it ok if I turn off Dyntopo? If so, how do ...
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Help with Dynamic Topology
I have just come into sculpting and I have noticed that dyntopo's detail deteriorates depending on the view distance in the viewport.
Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
Because I would ...
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How to create a Realistic Moon [closed]
So I recently saw a video of a highly realistic lunar surface made just using micropoligon displacement. Now I was curious if we could create such realistic landscapes without a height map?
Also, how ...
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Can I create deep divots in my mesh using sculpt brush? Is there a better way without booleans?
The image below may help explain. I'm doing a watch band with stitched thread. Wherever the thread enters the band, I would like to just suggest a dark little hole where the needle punches through.
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