VRayEnmesh modifier

[matanov]

if I wanted to give the gizmo a bigger size than the sample, it hangs MAX whenever I want to render.

Hi and thanks for the feedback! Can you send me a scene for the above? peter.matanov@chaos.com

[datalost]

Hi and thanks for the feedback! Can you send me a scene for the above? peter.matanov@chaos.com

Hi Peter. I just sent it. to your mail. Thank you

[emonimo]

Hi, I've used Enmesh modifier in these two objects. One plane and one mesh with proper unwrap modifier and no smoothing groups. Why is this one deforming the pattern?
This is weird. I used VrayPattern Plugin in the past and it was really nice for creating some facade detaills. Hope this works in future builds.
Thanks in advance

[datalost]

Hi, I've used Enmesh modifier in these two objects. One plane and one mesh with proper unwrap modifier and no smoothing groups. Why is this one deforming the pattern?
This is weird. I used VrayPattern Plugin in the past and it was really nice for creating some facade detaills. Hope this works in future builds.
Thanks in advance

Hi. If this modifier deals with the sample like if it were a texture perhaps a "reset Xform" could help. Maybe you scaled the object unintentionally.

[vlado]

Hi, I've used Enmesh modifier in these two objects. One plane and one mesh with proper unwrap modifier and no smoothing groups. Why is this one deforming the pattern?

Can you post the scene so that we can check it out? We should be able to fix this.

Best regards,
Vlado

[emonimo]

Thanks Vlado, here you have the file.

https://we.tl/t-HDx3OsFvIl

[tom_grimes]

This might just be me I find it hard to tell from the Enmesh widget what the orientation will end up being on the enmeshed object, in particular as regards to rotating the widget to get a result I want. Might it be possible/useful to have some indicator on the widget as to which direction is going to be the normal from the object the enmesh is being applied to, e.g. one colored face or an arrow pointing out from the widget cube?

e.g. simplest example I can think of, I have a plane, I enmesh a cylinder onto it, I want it to look like a set of fence posts with the repeated cylinder pointing up and down in world space, but instead I get a stack of pipes with the cylinder pointing "out of" the plane along its normal. I can get what I want, but I have to guess what rotation of the widget will achieve it (as otherwise I end up with the cylinder horizontal rather than vertical). I find myself getting more confused the more complex the shape I am using as the object to be repeated

[matanov]

This might just be me I find it hard to tell from the Enmesh widget what the orientation will end up being on the enmeshed object, in particular as regards to rotating the widget to get a result I want. Might it be possible/useful to have some indicator on the widget as to which direction is going to be the normal from the object the enmesh is being applied to, e.g. one colored face or an arrow pointing out from the widget cube?

e.g. simplest example I can think of, I have a plane, I enmesh a cylinder onto it, I want it to look like a set of fence posts with the repeated cylinder pointing up and down in world space, but instead I get a stack of pipes with the cylinder pointing "out of" the plane along its normal. I can get what I want, but I have to guess what rotation of the widget will achieve it (as otherwise I end up with the cylinder horizontal rather than vertical). I find myself getting more confused the more complex the shape I am using as the object to be repeated

Thanks Tom!

We'll add some indicator to the gizmo.

[flat]

It seems that the VRayDisplacementMod to the source object is ignored, is this a spec?
It may be better to write it in the document.

[flat]

Also, hair curve such as VRayFur cannot be used as a source.

[matanov]

It is expected, yes. We'll add a note.

[Alex_M]

I'm really liking Enmesh! Below is an intricate transparent curtain I made for a project I'm working on at the moment. All parts of the curtain are made entirely out of 3D elements. With the help of Enmesh, I effortlessly covered the whole cloth surface with a patch from the curtain. According to the render stats tab, Enmesh had spawned 360,000 primitives, each made of 138,000 polygons. This makes 50 billion rendered polygons with ram usage of just 700 MiB (with the Bucket sampler). Props to the devs!! The curtain patch model took me less than an hour to make and then Enmesh did the rest. This would have not looked anywhere near as good for close-up shots or reacted the same way to lighting if I had made this with a texture. Not to mention it was SO much easier to edit the 3D model of the curtain patch than editing a texture both in terms of shape and material properties.

[vlado]

That seems to have worked really well! Glad to see Enmesh is useful

Best regards,
Vlado

[Macker]

That's amazing.

[seandunderdale]

wow, that does look very impressive. Nice one!