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Is there a way to render a smooth face out of faceted 3-d object in VIACAD 2D/3D - Looking for tips or trick to render faceted object into smooth shade.
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mpix00  
#1 Posted : Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:12:08 PM(UTC)
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I have a 3-D 1999 face skull made for me. Being that is under 2000 faces, I can convert this 3-d Skull.OBJ file into a solid. Only problem is I am trying to have the 3-d skull not faceted but have a smooth solid as I make molds and need a smooth face to machine into the mold so the molds slide out easily without being stuck. Is there a trick or tip to make the faceted skull into a smooth face in VIACAD 2D/3D?
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Tim Olson  
#2 Posted : Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:29:14 PM(UTC)
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The Edit : Change Object Type (Mesh to Solid) stitches facets into a collection of closed planar faces solid.

To convert to a smooth NURB you would need to use the SubD to NURB tool in PowerPack Pro. Below is a video showing this tool on a 3D Skull converted into NURBS with G2 continuity across the skull.

http://www.csi-concepts.com/Demo/videos/objToSTEP.mp4

If you have a mostly quad based model, you could download the ViaCAD Pro with PowerPack beta and give it a try on your model.

http://masterviacad.com/beta/beta.php

If it is mostly triangles, you might need to use retopology on the mesh before SubD to NURB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDQCxGaLZ8&feature=youtu.be


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Jean-Francois Jacques  
#3 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2016 9:28:39 AM(UTC)
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Tim, again the Power Pack is very nice ...but why a retopology module isn't included ??? Almost models mesh on the web are in triangle !! We need a third part software like 3D coat to really perform with Power Pack.
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Tim Olson  
#4 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2016 9:48:56 AM(UTC)
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>>.but why a retopology module isn't included ???

It's a big task to add auto retopology and I'm not aware of anyone licensing it.

Encore licenses the SubD to NURBs technology from IntegrityWare. I know they did some attempts at it, but said it was not ready for release.

Encore also contacted Dassault regarding adding retopology to their mesh modeling tools.

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