Topology Study : How to Get a Flawless Edge Flow

Hey guys! In this video I show you how I fixed the topology of my friend ‪@ArijanRace‬. He asked me to turn his tank into a perfect all quads SubD model so I thaught it would be interesting to show you my process on one single part.
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[@RhoIzquierdoArt]

This type of content really helps to understand how to solve topology issues. Thx for posting it!

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thank you so much my friend :)

[@RyomenSukuna_OF]

the whole video is packed with useful techniques, thanks a lot for making this

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks for watching my video :))

[@ArijanRace]

When my subs see this they will leave me for you

[@ThomasColin3D]

Lmao no way 😂

[@pułkownikkaczodziobyzpodlasia]

I’ll keep both 😂

[@humasundal3153]

lol i didnt leave you xD

[@keysignphenomenon]

True

[@baskapes762]

We got you both ✌️

[@LFSPharaoh]

I think of you and Arijan as this new community/team and I love to see it. Always love the quality of the videos. Great content from great modelers 👍

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thank you so much for your kind words 😀, I'll show him your comment, he will be happy to read that 😀

[@humasundal3153]

You and Aryan make a great team btw keep it up :) learning alot from you both

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks man :)

[@lofwyr5063]

Great tutorial, the music really explained everything. So I boom boom boom twinkle and it's good topology, gotcha. Truly an excellent flow, good sir.

[@ThomasColin3D]

Haha thanks :D

[@alzia2583]

Can you please turn on the key cast feature so that we can see which buttons/ keys you were pressed.

[@ThomasColin3D]

I can't turn on screencast keys because I made my own customized hotkeys. But in the future videos i'll tell the default shortcuts

[@YayaYayoty]

What's it like being a topology scientist! 👍

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks 😂

[@SandeepBisht-vb4nj]

If only there was voice over instruction for this, it would have been a banger!!!

[@gastonmancera8788]

you are the best! learning a lot from you!

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks man

[@humasundal3153]

Bro kinda violated Aryan But Awesome Work

[@ThomasColin3D]

Haha I asked him before and he was ok 😂

[@jeanrenaudviers]

Many thanks 🙏

[@ThomasColin3D]

thanks for watching :)

[@rogaalik1379]

Thanks Buddy I love your content I think I will leave Arijan for you

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks so much bro!

[@RoboWarriorGhosT]

That poly debug display 😮 ty

[@ThomasColin3D]

You're welcome :)

[@VictorBurtman]

Pro tips as always !

[@ThomasColin3D]

Merci khey

[@abdulsaid9288]

Very informative 👍

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thank you very much :)

[@short-circut2262]

I think quad Remesher would really shine in this particular scenario

[@ThomasColin3D]

Of course ! But the main goal is to know how to do it by hand, since not everyone can buy quad remesher because of it's price :)

[@short-circut2262]

@@ThomasColin3D That's true. though i think hardops isn't cheap either lol

[@ThomasColin3D]

@@short-circut2262 you're right. But everything I'm doing can be done with regular modifier, hardops is just faster 🙂

[@hazchickgames2840]

What modifiers already exist in Blender can delete all edges and re-cut a quadified grid like HardOps can?

[@ThomasColin3D]

@@hazchickgames2840 I made a video about that, go to my shorts videos category and watch knife project

[@humasundal3153]

Hey Thomas can you make a video on edge flow and its fundamentals it will help alot cause i have some problems in changing the edge flow according to me with good topology

[@ThomasColin3D]

Hey man! Sure of course. You should join my discord server, i'm always there to help when I can, and there are also very good artists that can help you when i'm not available 😄

[@humasundal3153]

@@ThomasColin3D ok ill try thanks

[@ilies4708]

A legend

[@romanbrucoli3792]

just wow

[@ThomasColin3D]

Just thanks! 🤣

[@sebbosebbo9794]

oh the Prototype Tank I saw it in a paid news article but the view content was limited .. I cant figure it out exacly what timeframe and company produced it... Looks so cool like 40 OOOk tank... I think its a german type of prototype StKt dev. time maybe 60's... p.s.by the way good showcase of skill & tools..as always...

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thank you :)

[@ohbegitu5045]

sorry for dumb question, Im newbie. after watching this I've come up with question. is it better to have tris than ngons? is there any reason behind it, why ngons are so bad?

[@rockysnipper]

1) Ngons can cause issues with smoothing and subdivision, 2) Tris and quads provide a clearer and more predictable edge flow 3) Texturing a model can be more straightforward with tris or quads, as ngons can stretch textures unevenly across their faces, causing distortion. 4) Some 3D applications and game engines optimize better for models composed of triangles or quads. 5) Tris and quads are easier to manipulate and edit than ngons.

[@Abofarouk789]

Thoughts on quad remesher?

[@ThomasColin3D]

Great Addon, but sometimes it makes weird results / edge flow

[@Abofarouk789]

@@ThomasColin3D so is it worth it or not?

[@ThomasColin3D]

@@Abofarouk789 Yes it is! It can save a lot of time

[@Abofarouk789]

@@ThomasColin3D are there better alternatives like retopoflow for example?

[@AbdullahYazbahar]

wish u enabled screencast keys... can't follow

[@ThomasColin3D]

Hey man, I don't enable screencast keys because i'm not using the default shortcuts. I was originally a Maya user so I made custom hotkeys. That's why I add quicktips in my videos with the good shortcuts

[@tiborkemeny8644]

It is like in the FEA analysis... I spent more time to get the "perfect" mesh, than the actual calculation :D

[@aayanshff555]

CAN U MODEL A CAR OR BIKE WITH PROPER TOPOLOGY , THOMAS .IF U COULD THEN THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING WHICH WILL HELP US LEARN AND HELP U GROW FAST AS WELL.

[@ThomasColin3D]

Yeah of course I can try that :)

[@aayanshff555]

@@ThomasColin3D PLEASE THIS WEEK

[@LFSPharaoh]

@@aayanshff555inside voices 😂

[@hazchickgames2840]

@@aayanshff555 "Please this week"... like this guy is ordering a package from Amazon. Smh.

[@aayanshff555]

@@hazchickgames2840 yeah i have ordered from him .🤩😝🤪

[@Rawarart]

Is there other way to do that grid thing without hardops?

[@ThomasColin3D]

Yes there is another way. You can create a plane with squared polygons, then select all the faces, press X, select "only faces", go to object > convert > curves. And after you can use knife project :) It just takes more time ! You can join my discord and I will show you :)

[@Rawarart]

@@ThomasColin3D neat

[@fjpdu625]

​@@ThomasColin3D Merci, je vais réfléchir tout de même car HardHops a vraiment l'air worth. Très bon tuto, j'essaye de m'améliorer au niveau de la topologie car certains modeles bug lorsque tu ne les fais pas correctement (une moto par exemple) ou bien même les UVs commencent a bégayer et la texture se place mal.

[@ThomasColin3D]

@@fjpdu625 Franchement hardops tu peux le prendre sans hésitation, c'est un gain de temps incroyable :)

[@fjpdu625]

@@ThomasColin3D Okay merci pour ta réponse 😉.

[@Babarin]

topology 💯

[@ThomasColin3D]

Thanks bro 🤘🏻

[@asadkhan701]

Hey, I don't really get what is advantage of this topology is? I am a beginner. The first one was also doing its job so why this topology?

[@ThomasColin3D]

It's cleaner, more professional, and having an even topology (squared polygons) is a better way to avoid texture stretching :)

[@AlUser3460]

@@SkeleTonHammer can you explain why the before is better for game assest

[@zskull162]

I wish there were more people making topology videos that didn't rely on a $40 addon.

[@ThomasColin3D]

That's the only one, all my other tutorials Can be done without addons

[@daso8686]

Thx for you Video, but for me the Music have why to much Base

[@ThomasColin3D]

Ah, sorry, I'll add more calm music in the next one 😅

[@bhimborde5384]

yeah he really sucks in TOPOLOGY 😂😂

[@Dushess]

..going to fix topology of ..tutel

[@ThomasColin3D]

Sorry i don't understand

[@Dushess]

@@ThomasColin3D fan made name of T95

[@diezikiil]

а зачем эта дрочь вся нужна если изначально шейдинг хороший был?

[@ThomasColin3D]

@@diezikiil I don't understand your language