The big Blender Sculpt Mode thread (Part 1)

[Piotr_Adamowicz]

No doubt about that, but I kinda want to mark up UV islands in sculpt mode since Edit mode is slow on highpoly sculpts. Once I can get the faceset out of sculpt mode, I can take it from there and do my own operator, but I’m kinda stumped on that first step, so I was hoping to borrow someone else’s (GPL) code

[MichaelBenDavid (Michael Colina)]

but how there is no way and it doesnt make sense to do it from there

[Piotr_Adamowicz]

Nah, it makes perfect sense. It’s much quicker to paint some facesets than to laboriously make seams in edit mode on high resolution models. I don’t really need the UV sets to be pretty, I just need them done quick and easy and not be garbage like the SmartUV option.

[MichaelBenDavid (Michael Colina)]

nah no for complex models hehehe…if you mean to be able to mark seams in facesets boundaries thats ok, but still requires some extra work in edit mode to select edges loop to mark seams…

[Piotr_Adamowicz]

Which is why I want to automate it

[TheRedWaxPolice (I know dead mesh when I see it..)]

@Metin_Seven

one-click mask from a Face Set

I can’t watch the video, but you can mask a face set using the expand command… but hey, this is like doing a fatality combo in mortal kombat lol… so, cursor over the face set you want to mask, then Shift + A, then F, then Ctrl (don’t release the Ctrl), then Click… and boom… hehehe… painful, I know…

#WaitingForTheActiveTool

[zeauro]

Well. In the video, he does not mask the face set but the rest of mesh.
So, he does not have to make press F key.
He just do Shift A followed by Ctrl left click.

I did not look at the whole stream. But I am sure that Julian will make pertinent feedback to Pablo.

Honestly, I don’t see how you can test Pablo’s tools and don’t think about revamping default keymap of sculpt mode and a better brush management.

@SPYNeox

There’s already a bunch of choices for Face Sets in 2.93

You did not understand his remark.
He doesn’t want to initialize a face set from edge properties.
He wants to initialize edge properties from a face set.
And for this opposite action, there is no solution, available in sculpt mode, at all.

[Xeofrios]

@Piotr_Adamowicz

Faceset to edit mode selection

Make face set → isolate face set → go to edit mode → unhide hidden faces → invert selection

Yeah I know the pain

[joeshmoe]

Does the Sculpt Dev branch have the performance improvements Pablo implemented a little while ago? Namely sculpting on much higher polygon counts? Cheers.

[kakachiex2]

I would like to see face set features in edit mode would be really useful like zbrush zmodeler

[kakachiex2]

And edge color set in edit mode for temporary edge reference for bevel, inset and extrude.

[TheRedWaxPolice (I know dead mesh when I see it..)]

@zeauro

I am sure that Julian will make pertinent feedback to Pablo

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@joeshmoe

Does the Sculpt Dev branch have the performance improvements

I didn’t notice any difference in performance… so I guess nah…

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@kakachiex2

I would like to see face set features in edit mode would be really useful like zbrush zmodeler

I’d prefer the other way around (a zmodeler type of brush in sculpt mode)…

[Metin_Seven]

I’ve just made my first Blender build. A new Sculpt Dev branch build is available.

Didn’t know building Blender takes almost as long as rendering a Cycles animation by the way.

[Stan_Pancakes (Stanislav Blinov)]

[Unreal3DFX]

Let the AI robots build Blender…

[gorion103 (Zuorion)]

2021-04-01 Experimental Sculpt Mode Features Meeting

@JulienKaspar

Notes

There were 3 discussion points that were brought up during the meeting.
The main drive of this meetting were 2 features that are stuck in the experimental tab and what needs to be done to move forward with them.

Switch Object Operator

• It’s the last missing feature related to the “multiple object sculpting” project
• There are still open discussion if the current implementation is ideal and if it can be supported for more modes and object types
• Ton approved of the feature but would like more names to be explored that communicate more clearly that the mode is being propagated, not just that the object is switched
• Multi-object sculpting was brought up but should be discussed as its own feature
• Dalai suggested possibly finding a better word association to the shortcut D
• Other than that the current implementation can move forward for the 2.93 release
• A task and extensive communication needs to be made to extend this functionality to other object types and modes and how/if that can be useful

Sculpt Vertex Colors

• An experimental feature that lets the user paint vertex data within sculpt mode, while making use of the viewport drawing, fast performance and tool set of sculpt mode
• The issue: Confusing UI between “vertex colors” and “sculpt vertex colors”
• The proposal was that the UI can be worked out with the geo nodes team to differentiate the 2 into “attributes” and “vertex colors”
• Ton decided that before moving forwards, a clear big picture design needs to be created that outlines the existing problems and proposed solutions.
  This also needs to address the future and difference between the various modes, what data is accessed where and how it is manipulated.
  This should be strongly workflow oriented and should show how the tools, brushes and modes relate to that.
• The sculpt vertex paint feature cannot be removed from experimental unless the big picture plan & roadmap of how this changes the interaction with modes is clear.
• Another design meeting will be held at the Blender HQ on Wednesday, 6th of April to work out a design

Brush Management

• Francesco decided that it would be wise to divert attention of of the sculpt-paint-texture module towards creating a solid brush management design, mockups and prototypes in collaboration with the asset management team.
  This will be instrumental in improving sculpt and painting modes & tools overall in the near future.

[zeauro]

OK. So, they should have an action plan, next week.

[TheRedWaxPolice (I know dead mesh when I see it..)]

Wait, a “Sculpt Mode Features” meeting with no sculptors?

[xrg]

Julien Kaspar is a sculptor

https://www.artstation.com/julienkaspar

[TheRedWaxPolice (I know dead mesh when I see it..)]

Still feels weird this meeting…

[concern]