Retopology in 3ds Max. Tips & Tricks

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With new improvements on 3ds max 2021.3 and the new Retopology tools for 3ds Max, now its easier than ever to create lowres models, or quad poly models from scans or imported CAD models, we will see some tips and tricks and as well some new workflows with Baketotexture tools.
0:00 Retopology intro
0:22 Examples overview
0:41 Example1_Prooptimize_Retopology
4:22 Example1_Reapply uvs
6:23 Example2_Retopology
9:45 Ex.3_Retopo
10:31 Ex.3_Baketotexture for normals
13:10 Ex.4_CAD model_subdivide mod.
16:34 Ex.5_Text
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[@sherifhany386]

this channel is responsible for immense amount of happiness

[@ThePhilbox]

Amazing! I learned Zbrush mostly to do these things....Having these tools in Max will be fantastic. Thanks as always for the tips Eloi. Its appreciated and I'm always looking out for your videos!

[@AbbasKhan-dk5sb]

Favourite channel ❤️ thanks for uploading these amazing videos. Keep up the good work Autodesk

[@frogyafro]

Thank you so much for this Eloi

[@XAdi77]

Damn, is amazing, I waited for this for years!

[@MalbersAnimations]

Just Amazing!! so many hidden gems in one tutorial .... Gracias!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@yann.visuals]

I’m only using 3ds max since 3 months and it’s just getting better and better ! Thank you for this complete update!

[@giovannascalzone8259]

This has been so helpful. I recently downloaded 3ds Max 2021 for a photogrammetry assigment so I can try these improved tools and I am so happy that I found your video.

[@iLEZ]

I'm so excited! I've been retopo-ing a lot of old CAD data from clients all day, and it's REALLY useful. I get some errors of course, but mostly it's possible to massage the settings to get clean results even from really crappy CAD. Max is heading towards a very good place at the moment. Great video as usual Eloi, take care!

[@DavidB-rx3km]

I'm trying out RT on horrific CAD models and not getting a lot of luck with it.

[@MarcoValeKaz]

You're a star, man! awesome tutorial!!

[@0rdyin]

Keep up the great work.. 🙏

[@FXPearStudio]

Thank you Eloi! Better late than never. Great and long waited addition! Let's see what Arrimus 3d will do now :)

[@orphydiancg7759]

I consistently asked him to get the newer versions of max back to the robust improvmenets to the Chamfer modifier to see if he can make use of them and show us some tricks. H enever responds to the coments. His patreons need to ask him about this new retopo algorithms come to max

[@FXPearStudio]

@@orphydiancg7759 He does reply sometimes. I myself reply every comment in my channel (about tyflow 3d max plugin) but it is a small channels so far. When I get 20-50k followers, things can get out of hand :) - Im still rocking max 2019, but 2021 seems big step forward with new Chamfer and now with build-in "quadmesh" / "ZRemesher"

[@ChipMatthews]

This was really helpful. Thank you!

[@sekker2k446]

The BEST Eloi!

[@smukkegreen]

The text topology was very helpful. Great tutorial. ❤

[@fajrinaf]

Nice one mate!

[@ramdpshah]

thanks for the information..loved it

[@unknown78ist]

Thank you soo much! This helped a lot! ❤️

[@adamc3607]

Wow this is great!!

[@tylerdurdan717]

Thanks that was a very informative Tutorial!

[@Mokmaheim]

Nice!!!!! I love 3dsmax!!

[@HyperTimeHistory]

Great Tutorial...!! Many thanks...

[@ChronisArt]

This is amazing, finally 3dsMax is catching up. THANK YOU this is going to make my everyday life so much easier

[@Mehrdad995GTa]

Yeah, I was as close as this-> . to switch to blender due to max being outdated but now in the recent two releases of 2020-2021, they changed the game again. good job Autodesk.

[@MIchaelSybi]

It's not catching up. It needs CAT to be updated.

[@martincoven]

@@MIchaelSybi there have been some improvements to CAT recently.

[@MIchaelSybi]

@@martincoven Could you please eludicate?

[@djrafaelmixoficial6987]

Simple and easy, thank you. :)

Impresionante tutorial. Muchas gracias.

[@shotenken]

Best tutorial ever!

[@mustafaseyhan878]

I don't even care if you add ads to the download you're just such a goat ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@HanSolocambo]

excellent tutorial. Tons of useful infos and new modifiers I totally missed. Great. I was ready to abandon Max forever. But damn, this new Retopology modifier destroys every other auto retopo tool. The results are outstandingly close to what I'd do by manually retopologizing. Except here you get the result in seconds instead of days.

[@user-qi3bm8nm4r]

super thanks !

[@DiegoSynth]

Muy bueno el Projection para rescatar las UVs luego de Retopology! Mil gracias Eloi!!!

[@andvfx]

Si usas el nuevo max ya no hace falta. Solo checkea las uvs en retopology y las mantiene!

[@DiegoSynth]

@@andvfx Mejor aun! Acabo de probarlo y funciona. Muchísimas gracias una vez más! :)

[@AddisFeastethiopianfood]

This is a good alternative for quad remesh

[@dartu5854]

The fact that its in the mod stack sells it for me.

[@TheQuequequeso]

You're the best!!!

[@naldin5151]

Thanks so much

[@rizayevshokhjakhon]

oh man. you are a really good!!

[@Yunley]

Muy interesante este nuevo modificador

[@heynewt]

Thanks, this tutorial is very helpful. Just a note though, I've been playing with Retopology today on my own scanned models, and I like the results from QuadriFlow better than Reform especially when there's more polygon reduction involved. YMMV of course.

[@allenxiang4507]

This is fantastic. Sooooooo Nice!! :) Thanks to share··

[@mpej429]

Thanks, this is a time saver !

[@mpej429]

Unfortunately I can't make it work as good as in your examples, can't understand why :(

[@MIchaelSybi]

@@mpej429 Same here, it's pretty buggy and unstable

[@richardgnasse5776]

Completed ur 500 likes mate

[@deniz_yener]

thank you

[@aishabeautyparlour5000]

Thank you, I really needed to hear tNice tutorials!!

[@cgimadesimple]

cool tutorial

[@mikey-zk9nd]

Thanks

[@bearwolffish]

Just when I think I'm finally out, Autodesk drag me back in.

[@angrypolygon8410]

Why? You have this in ofter software and 3ds max is horrible expensive. Greedy Company

[@arsb7534]

Im moving to "Blender " After 12 years of using max and vray

[@diocre7446]

Blender seems more expensive if you think of add-ons though.

[@z_tiger311]

blender is half assed software & slow as heck not to mention all the weird shit it has.

[@zheelkeys3960]

@@arsb7534 blender is free for a reason

[@shokarempudi4909]

What a great video. Super well explained, thanks! Any video in your channel on how to record yourself with soft soft? I'm under the

[@Staglaitor]

Thanks for video. As a modeler i can say that manual professional retopology is quite more lowpoly

[@mediasurfer2733]

Awesome :-)

[@Mr.NM26]

Awesome that in Max 2023 retolpology preserves UVWs :D

[@andvfx]

Yes! and IDs, and any mesh info! this saved some extra steps we needed on this video.

[@mustafabektas1668]

thanks

[@mcelik000]

Render to texture with projection modifier ll fix the errors on projected UVs.

[@TheTomma99]

Very good tutorial! I was wondering, what are brief specs of workstation this is taking place on?

[@mohamedzgueb5080]

as always ur a life saver can i ask you how you use tyconform to reapply uvs since tyconform is used only for conforming vertices thx

[@Argon369]

Thanks Eloi, Wonderful tutorial i thought in these world full of blender people i wont find 3ds max people they seem to exist lmao

[@dasnico13]

Finally live streaming!

[@leslimendonsa6316]

finally, they cared what artist really wanted

[@_Jatinn]

nice

[@tokyowarfare6729]

muy buena pinta.

[@pradeepvc1307]

ok thx!!!

[@sevenseven31]

how to keep the smoothing groupe after retopology same as high poly

[@TerryMartinART]

I didn’t even know about the UV projection. Thanks ! I tried to show projection and my I7700k froze :) maybe should have optimized some.

[@Savio2609]

Thanks so much for tNice tutorials video, it helped so much!

[@tiktokshorts163]

like you add your own sample to the soft roll and when you play it it always plays longer than what is shown in the soft roll and

[@rainermarkiefka4839]

I saw your tutorial "Retopology in 3ds Max. Tips & Tricks" with great interest. Thanks a lot for this ! I have an important question for you - how do you fix the problem with the texture / UV's in the stork couple after using the modifiers "Pro Optimizer" and "Retopology". Your tips are excellent, but unfortunately I can't get any further. So I ask you for a little tutorial. thank you very much for that!

[@andvfx]

You can use or "project" modifier, or tyconform modifier (you can download this one for free, it comes with tyflow). And it projects uv data very well.

[@talalbintariq8339]

Can you make one for the soft stuido trail

[@supernova6413]

YESS

[@saqib3d]

thats impressive,but would love to see workflow with Boolean Objects.

[@joelaguilarfuentes8758]

Search for martin coven channel or 3ds max learning channel.

[@MohdAmir-ti7vs]

What about importing midi files because most midis freezes my program. What can I do about it? I'm using soft soft Bundle Pack by

[@masterfootage5481]

A very cool update. Thank you very much for the helpful tutorial! Do not tell me, maybe there is a link or resource where you can look at Flowline. Is it a standalone application or as a big studio plug-in built into 3D studio max?

[@andvfx]

Flowline is an inhouse tool for liquids and particles simulations used at ScanlineVFX. Works inside 3dsmax.

[@masterfootage5481]

@@andvfx Looking at the level of realism, one gets the impression that the instrument is ahead of the rest for many years to come. It may be lucky to see him on some podcast someday) Everything mysterious tempts intolerably, heh))

[@augustavanessaoliveirajose134]

haha i totally agree bro!

[@alessandrofratellini3516]

Great tutorial!! Where u found those models?

[@andvfx]

they are from threedscans.com

[@zobaerhossen2670]

Can You Explain how Much memory need for how much vertices for This retopology.

[@amse3936]

Uv remove? Texture baking full traning 3ds max or substance painter

[@moniqueanncamillegarcia1797]

how do you get all the tutorial and samples on the left. mine doesnt have sNice tutorialt

[@GraveUypo]

this should have been the first tool implemented in the software way back in the 90's or whatever it was when they made 3dsmax. i've never wanted anything more than this in this software.

[@MIchaelSybi]

It is to computationally intensive for those times I guess

[@nemaza3063]

Don't matter how long you take, long as you do it cause you love to

[@ryanjosesilab852]

I was rather hoping that it would be possible to open another instance of soft soft VST in rewire and drag stuff from one to another but

[@dansavx]

why dont I have a effects chain on my setuper

[@JoseGarcia-yg3hc]

Buen video, podrías hacerlo en español? Gracias, t has ganado un suscriptor, un saludo desde España, Murcia.

[@alfonsoledesma5022]

I'm trying to learn even though I only have fruity edition instead of the producer edition

[@melihguzel1554]

made it into an arp using the default soft envelope generator and a bunch or other weird stuff I didn’t even know existed. Called it pants

[@ycekyll8tube]

Great video, very enlightening! But the link to download the models is broken, .. can you update please?

[@miguelpalacios6159]

ikr!

[@jlay1327]

I'm quite new to 3DS max and I can't seem to figure out why I can't see faces and edges once I add modifiers to my mesh? The only time I can see the faces is when I'm on the editable mesh modifier after hitting select by element.

[@zakki8308]

i have max 2022 and dont have retopo modifier..

[@rodrigoglowacki]

my 3ds max 2022 dont have this modifier "retopology" where i find?

[@andvfx]

in 2022 it comes as a separate installer. you will found it in your autodesk install app. in 2023 and forward it comes included with the basic installation.

[@mohammadjohnson_YT]

Is there another way of getting the Retopology modifier other than Autodesk ???!!

[@Zolmi_]

Hi, great vid ! Though, I always get an error when I try to put a second "Retopology" modifier on top of the first one.. Any idea why ?

[@andvfx]

No. What the error says?

[@RicardoSilva-ip3ki]

Hey, great video! Congratulations! My 3Ds Max (2021 and 2022) doesn't have this modifier (RETOPOLOGY), do I have to enable it somewhere? Or do you have to download some script or plugin? Thanks!

[@andvfx]

Thanks Ricardo. retopology was introduced in max 2022 as a separate installer (if you go to your autodeskapp you will see it there). From max 2023, its already included on the main max installation.

[@HuskyVideo]

i update and i don't see retopology in modify. where need activate this function?

[@andvfx]

you need to download it from autodesk destop app

[@samuelgr3101]

In The setup If the master channel is located in the top, next to the counter, then no - IT stays witNice tutorialn acceptable limits, when I play so of

[@jensrosso1257]

Thank you for your video. It might be worth mentioning that the new modifier is extremely resource-hungry. On my i7-6820 2.7 GHz, 16 GB RAM machine, it can no longer be used for more than 50,000 polygons. Always waiting 15 minutes for the the message "IPOPT optimization failed". What kind of machine did you use for the video, maybe I need an upgrade? I think the poor performance is the reason that the tool has to be installed separately.

[@andvfx]

It works pretty good on my old laptop. its a 4 cores 2.2Ghz i7, with a gtx 960M, and 32 gb of ram. Its already 5 years old laptop. If it fails normally its for a bad topology or problems detecting hard edges. First thing you should do is run a mesh cleaning modifier, then prooptimize to your target resolution, and run retopology with detect hard edges off.

[@JagoJGK1981]

I love the fact that finally we need less programs to do the same type of job, save a lot of time and can improve the final result way more than before. As for the projection mapping that still fails to deliver a good result guess we will still need to use xnormal that it's free and does amazing job on projection the texture map on it

[@lumbabumbaschumba4975]

For me the subdivide modifier set to adaptive curvature takes like 45 minutes(sometimes 3Ds Max even crashes) to subdivide a 8k polygon mesh. Its not useable for me on a ryzen 3700x

[@andvfx]

Lumbabumba Schumba Adjust the values to dont get a too dense mesh.

[@lumbabumbaschumba4975]

@@andvfx For most CAD Models u need really dense mesh. I played with the parameters. but ty for reply

[@alessandrofratellini3516]

retopology could works with 3ds 2019?

[@liwindm]

🥲 Thank you

[@Donovann09]

It's quite cool..... It's like zremesher in zrbush, but what would you do to cap the hole created by the retopology taht we can see at 16:31 for example ?

[@andvfx]

I dont see any hole? Other than the hole that is supposed to be there from the model?

[@Donovann09]

I’ll see it when I’ll try it myself.

[@kropionkame]

what are pc requirements to do fast as you?

[@DavidBaca3d]

I just wish the unwrapped UVW's would transfer over correctly to the new mesh properly? Or am I missing something here?

[@andvfx]

Right now uvs are not keep when creating the retopo. However, you can use uvw seams in retopo to keep them, so its easy later to reassign uvs.

[@sevenseven31]

retopology geometry coming from spline is hard to get a nice result

[@martincoven]

Hi Sakura swan. You should be able to get some nice results. I would be happy to take a look at your issue and give some advice.

[@ripiosuelto]

great overview trhought a lot of usefull tools, que pena que no esté en castellano. Thanks!