Rather than being intended as a replacement for specialist sculpting software like ZBrush or Mudbox, Sculpt Tool is intended as a way to make quick edits inside 3ds Max, without having to switch applications.

Intended to be used with ZBrush, rather than as a replacement for it In addition, it is possible perform Boolean operations – Union, Subtract or Intersection – on models and remesh the Booleaned surface, making it possible to perform larger edits on models. Users can also brush-select faces on the surface of a model to define material IDs or smoothing groups. It’s intended for making relatively small edits to existing assets, so you don’t have to use a pen tablet to control it: the interface is also designed to be controlled with a mouse and keyboard. Sculpt Tool adds a set of basic sculpting brushes to 3ds Max, including Sculpt, Clay, Knife, Carve, Smooth, Flatten and Move, making it possible to sculpt Editable Poly objects and models with an Edit Poly modifier. Sculpt and remesh organic models inside 3ds Max

The tool is intended to make it possible to make small edits to organic models like characters and terrain without having to leave 3ds Max and launch a dedicated sculpting application like ZBrush. Gameloft Romania lead 3D character artist Mihail Lupu has released Sculpt Tool for 3ds Max, a neat new script that makes it possible to do simple digital sculpting inside the 3D software.

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