Just had a chance to test drive the new topobuild tool!

Love it – it almost handles like 3dcoat in this regard (good thing in my books). It's certainly my favourite interactive houdini tool to date!

Can't seem to figure out how to insert an edge loop while manipulating points – can anyone clue me in?

Cheers,

G

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Can't seem to figure out how to insert an edge loop while manipulating points – can anyone clue me in?

Currently you cannot insert edge loops directly in the TopoBuild tool. However, you can use the Edge Loop tool on the “Polygon” shelf to add edge loops then click the TopoBuild tool on the “Model” shelf to continue your work.

Thanks for the feedback Derrick.

Would it be worth while to consider adding that, along with the ability to edge slide along the templated topology?

The workflow seems rather disjointed in this regard at the moment…

G

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Would it be worth while to consider adding that, along with the ability to edge slide along the templated topology?

Absolutely. We would like to improve the TopoBuild tool so those mesh manipulations can be done directly in the tool.

Thanks Derrick,

I look forward to that very much!

Cheers,

G

+1 for this, I was looking for the option to add/remove edge and edge loops too

Same here, I really have been using a lot for a big retopo task of many characters and it has been a life saver.

Would be great to see a few updates on it but hey, what a great start!

Thanks

Just in case some will stumble upon this, now you can: https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/topobuild.html [www.sidefx.com]