3C Coat Update - Version 3.7.01B

Version 3.7.01B changes:

• fixed crash mentioned by the user Michalis ("export after reduce all")
• sphere tool with cubic interpolation fixed on transformed volume
• fixed "Clear all" issue in surface mode
• multiselection in free form pose/primitives (but still without extra gizmo 

Visit the 3D Coat forum for the update download: Wanna have it...

3C Coat Update - Version 3.7.01

Just some days online, but already a new update. Here we are:

Updated to 3.7.01 (Win) Mac&Linux come really soon.

- Adaptive decimate brush: reduce without fear of loosing detail http://wp.me/petJN-zY
- Snake/Spikes/curves/Muscle/Toothpaste tools are supported in surface mode too (even faster) - http://bit.ly/vMlC3X (booleans of course). You see a 160 k model there. To get same results in voxels you need probably millions. Of course that spikes/curves are not separate pieces but merged into object - Look a little manual smoothing near some spikes.
- Curves of objects supported in surface mode.
- Shader thumbnail issue fixed - http://3d-coat.com/m...view.php?id=430
- Droplist item selection fixed - http://3d-coat.com/m...view.php?id=426
- Shadow casting issue fixed - http://3d-coat.com/m...view.php?id=428
- Andrew made compatible LC tools and booleans - LC & stuff will preserve sharp edges until edge is not smoothed by SHIFT.
- Sphere tool with cubic interpolation was fixed.

Be careful with booleans - if a merged object (spike, separate curve branch, separate curve chain, paste stroke) has self intersection - the booean operation will fail!

Visit the forum page for uploading the update: Wanna have it...

3D Coat 3.7 released

Pilgway has released 3D Coat version 3.7. It is a major release and available up from today.
Following the main features of the new release: 

General changes

• 14 Applink Connection Plug-ins! (Find complete details here: 3d-coat.com/applinks/)
• New brush engine!
• Support of instancing
• New CutOff tool allows you to perform very precise boolean operations!

Voxel Mode

New Brushes: Scratches, Mud, Inflate

• Speed-up in voxel surface mode
• New voxel export option - "File->Export projected quads"
• Realtime preview for Sketch tool. You will see the summary volume immediately while painting
• Free form transformations in Pose tool
• New brush based on surface clay that acts close to Build in voxel room and Wax in MB
• Optional possibility to merge mesh into voxel scene without actual voxelization
• Possibility to save separate voxel layers as 3B files (with sub-tree or without)
• New brushes: Scratches, Mud, Inflate
• New tool in voxels - clone. It acts like cut&clone but skips cutting

Paint Mode

• Essential speedup in per-pixel, microvertex and ptex mode
• Two new powerful tools in paint room (Layers menu) - Clamp depth and Copy channels
• New option Import->Import geometry in paint room. In this way you will be able to change geometry/topology in external editor preserving layers
• All blending modes in paint room are synchronized precisely with Photoshop
• New important command in Ptex mode "Fit in one texture" introduced
• Support of alpha images mip-mapping. It leads to really good stroke quality
• Possibility to paint over materials and masks directly in 3D-Coat
• Updated OBJ files support. Now you will be able to import color, specular, normal, displacement during OBJ import
• Possibility to paint through an object - start stroke beside object or end stroke beside object
• Hue, Saturation, Lightness jitters are implemented in Brush options panel
• Depth painting quality in ppp improved a lot, now it is very smooth and accurate
• Loading for ppp, change map resolution, Apply UV, Fill tool are now multicore optimized and work much faster

Retopo & UV Mode

• Autopo improved
• Auto UV-mapping improved
• Possibility to transform whole retopo mesh or its selected part with new transform tool in retopo room
• Ability to see the number of UV vertices in retopo room. Important if you have a budget of polygons for a game model
• Support of copy-paste in UV tool
• Support of multiple UV-sets in retopo room

Other changes

• New user-friendly way to share 3D-Coat's resources. You may easily create extension packs (3dcpack) with your own Brushes / Strips / Materials / Masks / Shaders / Navigation etc
• Drag and dropped image may be assigned to be a background
• 3D-Coat now creates a jpeg with preview in same folder where 3B is saved. Clicking on them will open 3B file
• Possibility to load grayscale pictures as contours in E-panel (through "Load shape" button)
• EPS file format supported for importing shapes for E panel
• ZBrush-like navigation preset for ZBrush fans

... and many other changes, bugfixes and tweaks you can find the full list of here:
http://3d-coat.com/3d-coat-37

An impressive new artwork by PalSan

Hi friends,

PalSan has finished a very nice new image, that was textured in 3D Coat. Before texturing, PalSan retopologized and set up the UVs in 3D Coat too.
A great result in my eyes:

If you like to leave a comment, please visit the origin post in the 3D Coat forums: Wanna give feedback....