Wrapit
is a 3ds max tool for conforming meshes to other meshes. This lends
itself to various scenarios such as retopologising high-res meshes like
those created in Zbrush, Mudbox, 3d Scan data etc, and creating low poly
proxies for situations where those are preferable, eg. collision
detection, LODs etc.
Wrapit’s strength lies in allowing you to
use the full set of 3ds max’s editable polygon tools, including the
already great Graphite tools, whilst working on the surface of a target
object. In that respect it’s it’s ease of use is second to none; you can
use all your familiar 3ds max working methods, whilst Wrapit keeps
things snapped to the surface of your high poly object. Wrapit uses 3
different projection modes to conform the meshes; The super fast
‘Closest Point’,'Vertex Normal’ and ‘Screen Space’, each catering for
specific projection needs.
But of course Wrapit does bring some additional tools to the table for 3ds max:
QuadGen
automatically creates quad based meshes from existing high poly
objects, and can even project uv coordinates and materials from those
meshes onto your new geometry.
Strip Painting allows freehand or controlled placement of polygon strips to flesh out topology.
Branch Painting
is used to quickly retopologise areas of your target mesh which are
essentially cylindrical, things like arms, legs, fingers, horns, tusks,
trunks, tentacles etc.
Extend Edge is used to automatically extend open edges over the surface of your high poly target object.
Relax Over Surface
works just like normal relax, but slides your mesh over the surface of
the High Poly target mesh. Here we see a cylinder projected onto an arm;
the initial projection is uneven due to the contrasting mesh volumes,
but relaxing helps even things out.
Planar Loops Flattens out edge loops in either X,Y,Z or local axis, whilst sticking the the surface of the high poly object:
Check
out the Gallery and testimonial sections to see how Wrapit has already
been production proven, and is winning over the 3ds Max modellers.
Wrapit is a scripted plugin for 3dsmax 2009, 2010 or 2011.
