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Wireframe cages are handy. \u00a0 \u00a0They’re pretty easy to make. \u00a0 In fact, you can make a wireframe of any mesh’s level 1 polygons quite easily. \u00a0 \u00a0You start with your basic mesh, and apply UVTile UVs from the UV pallet. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Subdivide the model 3 or 4 times so you have some nice detailed geometry to work with and store a Morph Target use “StoreMT” on the Morph Target pallet–we’ll need this later. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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Next, we want to mask the wire look. \u00a0This is easy–alpha 28. \u00a0It just looks like a square smaller than the the full alpha space. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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Use “Mask by Alpha” on the Masking subpallet and invert. \u00a0 I filled out the mask top and bottom squares from my alpha because I’m going to want a place to drop in a logo later. \u00a0 A quick application of inflate and we have the shape protruding up from the basic object. \u00a0 If only Zbrush had a way to just save this frame and chuck the rest. \u00a0It does! \u00a0 Remember that morph target we saved? \u00a0 Well, there is another handy button on the Morph Target panel marked “Create Diff”. \u00a0 Press it once and it will create a new tool in the tool pallet which is the difference between the existing mesh and its stored morph target. \u00a0 Since we only raised up the wire shape, that’s the only difference and that’s what we’ll have left, leaving us with nice wireframe shape. Wireframe cages are handy. \u00a0 \u00a0They’re pretty easy to make. \u00a0 In fact, you can make a wireframe of any mesh’s level 1 polygons quite easily. \u00a0 \u00a0You start with your basic mesh, and apply UVTile UVs from the UV pallet. \u00a0 Subdivide the model 3 or 4 times so you have some nice detailed … Continue reading Zbrush Mechanical Part 11, Wireframes<\/span> ![\"invertmt\"](\"https:\/\/www.sculptedmesh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/invertmt.png\" "\\"invertmt\\"")
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