How GET STARTED with DECAL MACHINE 2.0 for Blender

[@st3ve710]

Thank you both once again! you're doing the work of the gods

[@PonteRyuurui]

Cheers man, glad to help!

[@christinamaltese4460]

the fantastic duo "blender bros", you guys rock, I'm always amaze at your work, I hope you'll get many more thousand subscribers, I just love your tutorials and products.

[@PonteRyuurui]

ah cheers Christina, really happy to hear that!

[@fogboyenterprise2724]

I've learned so much from these 2. Lol I actually get so inspired from watching them do simple cuts and insets 😂

[@MsMidnightStories]

Yes this is it finally it's here !!!

[@PonteRyuurui]

it's here and it's AWESOME!

[@mattwilsoncp1]

Too many awesome hard surface videos today! AHHHH! :)

[@PonteRyuurui]

enjoy! long hard surface tutorial is out tomorrow ;-)

[@vladimirxoxoxoxox2938]

Thank You!

[@PonteRyuurui]

You're welcome!

[@TezzRah]

i now have decal machine, machinetools hardops and box cutter and am currently working through tutorials on the blenderbros website ( and shit the bed I've learned loads really impressed )- quick question, do i need to get meshmashine as well?

[@PonteRyuurui]

it is a steep learning curve but just plough through it. Mesh Machine is amazing for specific tasks, like instant mesh symmetry, bevel cleanup, boolean cleanup, normal transfer, so useful as hell. if you got the money it:s a no brainer. this is an old video but you should get the picture kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqHcqmN8atOmjck

[@drzigzag8985]

Just Got Decal Machine 2.0

[@PonteRyuurui]

Savage! Now the fun begins!

[@drzigzag8985]

🖖🏾✌🏾👌🏾

[@sumerjacob850]

Finally got Decal 2.3 ! I'm overwhelmed it's amazing, also your decal 😊. I can't seems to update in the folder your previous trim sheets.

[@PonteRyuurui]

Glad to hear it. Trims sheets do not need updating, they work with 2.1 +

[@jamarch3982]

A highly useful tutorial. Since you didn't bother to say how to call the menu, which I was actually looking for. Thanks a lot.

[@PonteRyuurui]

well, you cant expect me to do everything now can you, if i did your brain would disengage completely and you could fall asleep or worse

[@glennet9613]

It's the D menu but the boxcutter icon on the LHS panel has to be deselected.

[@kixxification]

i knew the secret project had something todo with decalmachine! awesome video as always, thanks a bunch!

[@PonteRyuurui]

hehe, cheers man!

[@OnkAnCa64]

I was so impatient to play with this 2.0 for atlases ^^

[@PonteRyuurui]

Let me know how it went, i havent got to those yet

[@DasBilligeAlien]

Strange how some of your videos have no auto subs and some have them. Would it be possible to activate them for this video?

[@PonteRyuurui]

No idea mate, I think this is done at your end, I do not change any settings for subs.

[@DasBilligeAlien]

@@PonteRyuurui Nope, it's done bei youtubes servers. Might be that they randomly decide which of millions of videos gets the subtitel treatment.

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@DasBilligeAlien well then i really have no way of doing anything about it

[@joemaccarthy2686]

How do you install the decal packs you sell? I tried to install your free pack but had no luck. It did not like the file. It was incompatible with Decalmachine. I might be doing something wrong.

[@PonteRyuurui]

Have you read the instructions on how to install it, posted on the very page you bought it from? Also, is your DM 2.1 and did you actually install the correct pack, I have 2.0 AND 2.1 packs on the stores.

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Ahhh man I forgot to buy Decal Machine through your affiliate link! Sorry bro! I'll have to make up for it by buying a blender bros course soon ;)

[@PonteRyuurui]

haha cheers Khola! The most important thing is that you have learnt something new!

[@DanMcLaughlin]

You have a 1.9 Decal Machine tutorial but maybe a 2.0 updated one would be a good idea? I just got it based on your reviews and am looking for a tutorial, maybe your 1.9 is good enough.

[@PonteRyuurui]

I have tutorials on 2.0, 3 of them, and they got released 2 min after DM 2.0 went live. I do not have tuts on atlases or trims yet.

[@jeffg4686]

Do you happen to know if Decal Machine does any kind of baking to get the model in game side without all the wrapping objects - would be cool if it baked them right in an image used for sampling from the UVs of hte main object they are wrapping. Kind of just like an "easy UV" since you can just drag them around and place wherever with the cursor

[@PonteRyuurui]

it doesnt

[@jeffg4686]

@@PonteRyuurui - thanks

[@rudididthis]

Hai Ryuu, thanks for your tutorial, but I just want to know, how to add decals text on the face that already have a decal?

[@PonteRyuurui]

Just drop it on, but remember, it wont really follow the geo, because the decal geo is fake.

[@juliangroves4836]

I've had Decal Machine for quite a while now and really like it. I'm just having a problem when I animate or deform any mesh with a decal applied to it, as the decal disappears into or slides off the mesh. I assume I would have to bake the decal to the meshes UV map, but after reading decal machines documentation this seems to be a buggy and unrecommended option. Any help to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated. Are starting to think it might be easier just to do my texturing and decals in substance painter.

[@PonteRyuurui]

shift click to shrink wrap it instead of applying it via alt click

[@juliangroves4836]

@@PonteRyuurui That does work and a lot easier than baking. But when I tried it, if I deformed the mesh too much or too extremely, the decal would eventually disappear into the mesh where it was getting stretched or if I pivoted the mesh sideways, the decal would slide off. Could be something I'm doing incorrectly. I went and tried the baking method again and deformed the mesh in pose mode to extremes and the decal stayed on perfectly. I think I'm going to stick with the bake method, even though it's more work. I'm using Decal Machine version 2.6.1 in Blender 3.12

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@juliangroves4836 watch my latest vid on DM

[@megan8494]

does this work in the octane render engine? I seem to be having some problems

[@PonteRyuurui]

no idea

[@megan8494]

@@PonteRyuurui damn....alright well if you ever get curious for us....

[@Iconpicture]

sorry, i am totally new with decal. What a short key with the main menu?

[@PonteRyuurui]

d

[@Iconpicture]

@@PonteRyuurui yes, thx, however, it doesn't work, and the menu does not appear ((. In the settings everything setup ok

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@Iconpicture well you need decal machine addon

[@Iconpicture]

@@PonteRyuurui sorry, hw i need, if i wrote, i already installed, but cannot launch it.

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@Iconpicture might wanna contact machin3 mate, i am not the addon creator, i am sure he will help you out

[@IronMan-yg4qw]

whats your opion: decal machine vs kitops 2.

[@PonteRyuurui]

two completely different addons

[@IronMan-yg4qw]

@@PonteRyuurui k thx

[@CarlosX3D]

When I try to add your emissive decal pack I get the message CHOOSE A 2.0-2.0.1 DECAL LIBRARY! Not sure why. Using Decal Machine 2.1 and your emissive pack 2.1. Thanks in advance :-)

[@PonteRyuurui]

look in the decal folder and see if there is a file .is21

[@CarlosX3D]

Ahh, I made it work. Added it directly in the Preferences panel. The Decals look great thanks :-)

[@CarlosX3D]

@@PonteRyuurui Cheers, managed to sort it before I read your reply. Thankyou

[@koreq75]

I've encountered a strange problem with DM: some decals are moved up and rotated on final rendering only, they are out of model. The same decals are placed correctly while model is displayed in rendering preview. Has anyone got any idea what may cause such issue?

[@PonteRyuurui]

Could be possession. Seriously though no idea. Try applying rotation to the mesh, but i dont think thats the issue.

[@koreq75]

@@PonteRyuurui Thank you for the reply. I'll try.

[@koreq75]

In case someone needs it I solved the problem. The box cutter addon messed around with parent - child hierarchy. Clearing parents helped me out :)

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@koreq75 msg team c via hops discord and report a bug, if there is one

[@fogboyenterprise2724]

Am I supposed to unzip decal packs I buy? For some reason I just can't figure it out, I've tried both zipped and unzipped into the 'my decals' folder but it does nothing. I've now accidently deleted decal machine and found myself in a whole new wormhole 😂😂

[@PonteRyuurui]

you unzip the folders, you also need to make sure that the decals are updated to DM 2.1+

[@fogboyenterprise2724]

@@PonteRyuurui Awesome I'll try it, thanks a bunch my dude. Love the vids!!

[@diebygaming8015]

how do i just put a defcal onto an objectr? im about to refund my money because the decals just float in mid air, they are just image planes, not "decals"

[@PonteRyuurui]

You got Decal Machine?

[@diebygaming8015]

@@PonteRyuurui Hello, yes. Sorry I got frustrated. I have figured out that they are projecting onto my object, but the decals appear to be backwards, so that's why I couldn't see them after projecting, and I'm not sure why. But they are facing the inside of the mesh, and I'm pretty sure the mesh normals are ok.... Basically my process is: select decal in object mode, ShiftSelect the object to project onto, have the decal close to the desired face, click project in Decal Machine. It projects, but the decal is facing inward on the mesh. if I try the other side of the cube, the decal has the same problem, just reversed. What am I doing wrong?

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@diebygaming8015 seems like flipped normals, check the normals direction. dont get frustrated, get curious, otherwise you wont go far. curiosity leads to knowledge, frustration leads nowhere. you can always hop on Blender Bros forum or FB page or discord.

[@diebygaming8015]

@@PonteRyuurui Thank you. You're right, it was flipped normals. Sorry, I'm a beginner, thank you for the help, I think I've got the hang of it now.

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@diebygaming8015 ya no worries

[@cyberlink824]

when i press d nothing happend

[@PonteRyuurui]

contact machin3, he loves helping ppl with issues like this, it is his addon after all

[@DOVEDELS]

I guess you have found the solution, but if not: remap the D key for the pie menu, because boxcutter or other addon is binded.