Hello everyone. I am a contributing artist for the Makehuman Project, and we are constantly looking for improved solutions for clothing design. We have been hoping that Valentina would be able to supply the 3d export (most likely Wavefront) for use in clothing the human figure, but no one has heard much news for a while.
Right now, the best application I’ve seen is Marvelous Designer, but for students and beginners it is way too expensive. Myself, I would only use it for a month at a time, at the end of a design project. Also, its triangles-to-quads conversion is idiosyncratic, to say the least.
I’m only a contributing artist, but I’m pretty sure this is the one block of code that will make the Valentina project the ‘tool of choice’ for the next generation of 3d animators. What I had in mind was a interim: an SVG export that can be mapped to a 3d model using a program like 3DCoat.
Wonderful! The quadrilateral version of this is the correct solution. That’s all the Valentina team would need to do; a program specialized for retopology like 3DCoat can handle the rest.
Okay. I have updated description for the issue. But unfortunately i still don’t have time for this issue. It will require at least month for experimenting and testing.
Hello Dismine. I"ve downloaded the object file, and tried it out in Blender 2.76b. The object will probably work in 3d studio max as a draped cloth, but not in Blender or Maya or Modo. I’m going to try MeshLab to see if I can get the quads-only object that I need.
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Yes. I had to re-calculate the normals so that they all faced outward, then I weight-painted it as thin silk, Such a mesh will work as-is for things like bedspreads and drapes; for animation, however, it will need a quad conversion with as many edge-loops as possible. Armatures (rigs) like edge loops.
Recalculation of normals is best done in the 3d suite; as every major 3d app has its own approach. Usually, there is always some polygon editing to do, so I would say the mesh algorithm need not include this.
Edge loops are important when considering how accurate the UV map needs to be (how little distortion) when an animation is running. Consider how a plaid will look if the UV map is stretched too much. I"m thinking that Valentina will want to have the animations look as realistic as possible. So, more edge loops under the arms, behind the knees, along the hip crest, for example.
