"Helen,
there's two differen issues: The overall mesh-quality and possible self-intersections.
Zbrush's native meshes are always far cleaner topologically as anything CAD-programs can produce. That's why I saw no point in running…"
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Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
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Hi,I've been working with Rhino V5 and Z-Brush 4R5. Part of my workflow seems excessively long as I can't quickly identify where mesh faces intersect. I use RepairMesh whenever I import from…Continue
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holger replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
Helen Hurricks replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Hi Hoka,
Agree that you can find the interesctions in the method you have stated but it CAN take quite a lot of time to route around all the possible areas and this is what I have been doing. I need to use Rhino for toleranced parts - Z-Brush…"
holger replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"My advice would be not to use Rhino in that entire process. You should be able to see the intersections
nicely inside Zbrush if you select the relevant portion of the mesh and simply hide the rest. Switching on Polyframe should also help.You…"
Helen Hurricks replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Hi Pascal,
I have sent an email to you with a test model. I hope this helps to illustrate my problem better.
Thanks,
Helen"
Helen Hurricks replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"I'd totally forgotten about 'backface' since installing V5! Thanks for the reminder. Now set up.
An identification technique like this would be perfect BUT it still doesn't show the intersection locations. …"
Pascal Golay replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Hi Helen- the crash is likely due to the 'test' nature of testMSX... you might try exploding the mesh into smaller parts and testing each separately. Send me the file if you like.
-Pascal
pascal@mcneel.com"
Helvetosaur replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Ahh, OK, so NetFabb Basic tells you there is a problem but won't locate it fix it? That's too bad. I have Magics (not mini) and it's great, but very pricey... Unfortunately Rhino's mesh tools are just not all…"
Helen Hurricks replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Thanks Helvetosaur - I've got Netfabb and MiniMagics for checking. I've checked all recent stls this way. The ability to identify the location of self intersecting mesh faces early would save me so much time! Both Netfabb…"
Helvetosaur replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"For RP, you may need to check your output meshes in something specifically aimed at .stl repair like NetFabb Studio Basic (free) or perhaps something more sophisticated (paid) if the free solution doesn't work...
----H"
Helen Hurricks replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Thanks Pascal.
I've just tried the command on one of my mesh models. Rhino crashed as I had "run out of memory", even though I have 16GB to play with.
Is this normal for complex forms?
I've attached the mesh repair…"
Pascal Golay replied to Helen Hurricks's discussion Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
"Hi Helen- you can use testMSX to mark self-intersecting mesh faces with line segments. This is a test command, so it is not 'full featured', or finished, does not autocomplete on the command line, no documentation or support is available…"
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Mesh has *** pairs of faces that Intersect - how to identify them?
Hi,I've been working with Rhino V5 and Z-Brush 4R5. Part of my workflow seems excessively long as I can't quickly identify where mesh faces intersect. I use RepairMesh whenever I import from Z-Brush. This tells me the problems and generally fixes most issues. HOWEVER, I often need to Boolean mesh together in preparation for Rapid Prototyping. This is fine as long as I don't have any faces that intersect. I've spent a few hours this week looking for elusive intersection!This is easy enough…See More
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