Quickly Retopologize Booleans in Maya 2023

Hi Creators,
Now that we know how to create new mesh with Booleans, let's learn how to quickly clean up the mesh. The issue with Booleans is that they have a tendency to give you really bad mesh, including lots of ngons and tris. In this video tutorial, we are going to use two tools to recreate our mesh into usable quads!
Let's get started!
Note: If you want to keep your hard edges, you can go to the Retopologize options and check "Preserve hard edges". It will try to preserve the hard edges of your mesh. :)
Software Used: Maya 2023
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[@airo_001]

Started in blender a month or so before the start of the pandemic. I don’t have a lot of experience in Maya, except for two or so small projects, but am wanting to start learning more of it and eventually switch. So happy to have found this channel!

[@phoenix2gaming346]

welcome to industry standards mate

[@atlanteum]

There are not enough Thank You-s in the world to sufficiently Thank You for the work you do -

[@RangerRoseworth]

Amazing tutorial! I am currently enrolled in Full sail university, and this is definitely helpful

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful! Best of luck in your studies!!

[@blueskorix8]

Me too!! Was super surprised to see this comment, hope your classes are going well :)

[@KugleeKuglee]

The ngon is one thing, but the Maya booleans also generates a lot of redundant edges and vertices that clutters up the resulting mesh.

[@HeyaHoyah]

Thank you Monica! Very cool!

[@scifiguy810]

Thank you - this was super helpful!

[@callumferguson1834]

Good stuff, booleans can be frustrating in some instances, thanks!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You bet! Thanks for watching!

[@akashsadhukhan5303]

Yes . Please make a video ...for realistic super car modelling with glowing lights

[@elino90]

Hi! Very helpful video. I'm just curious: Would using the grease pencil also help reduce the poly count if you needed to go that route?

[@rohitdosti]

Thanks, Monica, for handy tips.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are so welcome!

[@Eliecer92]

Thank you Monica it was very helpful !!

[@xdominant786]

THANK U 💗💗

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are so welcome!

[@hotsauce7124]

How would we keep hard sharp edges? Would we use crease edges or something like that?

[@nischalshrestha8494]

There is an option to keep hard edges

[@andriangontsa7139]

thank you very much!

[@aleexander3d]

Amazing!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks!!

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

Hey there Monica, have you thought about including Mudbox in your workflow?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm not a fan of Mudbox. I usually texture with Substance Painter or sculpt with ZBrush.

[@fenrirx8144]

Thank you so much !!!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're so welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@MonarchGuy974]

Thanks!

[@ইসলামিগজল-খ৪ঙ]

very helpful

[@star172able]

This was very helpful thank you. I want to get substance painter since I never used it before. Do you have a beginner on KZbin on how to use the software?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are going to LOVE Substance Painter :) Here is a whole playlist on how to use it: kzbin.info/aero/PLbxLlP-Vyt--HFKdWv7aRHyChvY0yRaml I hope this helps!

[@star172able]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus thank you

[@KeanusReal]

i love it~

[@charlesselrachski34]

I realize now this video was pretty cheezy

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Someone finally said it!! Thank you!! 😁

[@syedmohsinss43]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus i have tried this techniqueand it brokes the shader everytime, now do i have to unwrap the uv again from scratch?

[@mrshriram2831]

sis please upload a video about hardsurface and edge flow work😊

[@thecloud5570]

awesome

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you! 😊

[@edypixel]

“I found Blender to be generally less effective. Although I tested it alongside Maya, I found that Maya’s algorithms perform better. Even when using the Quadremesh plugin in Blender, the results were disappointing. Despite Autodesk’s increasing complexity, I don’t regret returning to Maya after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, Blender isn’t widely adopted in the industry, so using it doesn’t lead to as many job opportunities. Thank you for the video! Have you experimented with retopology hardsurface modeling?”

[@lavatr8322]

such a good teacher, I primarily use blender! But im wondering if we can do this in ZBRUSH's , Z-remesher? _idk which one is powerful?_

[@DoritoBot9000]

Maya is pretty lacking in remeshing tools. Even the one im the video is pretty rudimentary.

[@SOS_MOVIE]

How to keep Hard edges?

[@dokyeomentary8832]

Yass

[@raspas99]

you can choose edges that you want to be kept and make them hard. then when reapologizing check keep hard edges. she didn't really go into any kind of depth with this tutorial unfortunately.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

It's a quick tutorial so I didn't go into the tool in-depth. Thanks for the helping Ghalib!

[@megharajbg9600]

thanks mam

[@akashsadhukhan5303]

May I apply this technique for human character?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You can apply this to anything :)

[@arturperzyna5453]

What unpredictable results? '

[@dadangtriarsaputra3833]

can I request car modelling

[@dokyeomentary8832]

Yass😭😭

[@tushar4816]

Yasssss

[@lavatr8322]

those are the hardest surfaces and forms to get... and better if done in CAD actually because reasons....

[@bobifetski]

I CANT ADD this video TO FAVOURITES in Yourube , WHY?

[@Давид-х3ж2у]

In general, this function still works poorly :)