Hi,
I don't know if it's ok to ask questions about add-ons. If that's the case, just don't mind me.
I'm using BoxCutter to create some hard surface models and I'm following a tutorial and of course things don't go as planned :) While I'm trying to cut a cutter, I get some ugly distortions and shading. The problem is that I don't fully understand all of the stuff this add-on does in the background and so I have no idea what to fix/ where to look.
I saw that sometimes using the knife tool helps. Again, don't know why, just something that people do to fix these kind of issues. Maybe that new cut is interfering with the bevels next to it?
I will go ahead and upload the file, just in case there is a possibility to get help.
Hey Roxana,
There are two hardsurface modelers that you might want to watch and that have a lot of content on YT using Hops and Boxcutter: Josh Gambrell and the master himself (Topostudy): Masterxeon1001 (or mx2). You often need to cleanup your topology after using Booleans (HardOps/Boxcutter) and these two guys know all the tricks.
Hey guys, thanks.
I started learning these add ons because I understood that that's going to improve my topology. I struggle with having good topology and I'm saying this not having unrealistic expectations. It's just that I've taken a bunch of courses and being on my own I realised I'm not that good at modeling. So I know there is still hard work to be done, but when it comes to having good topology I guess I just don't know where to start.
As far as my memory goes, in this list of courses teachers try to stick to hardcore modeling rules. It's a lot of courses, there's old courses, but with awesome timeless knowledge in them.
https://cgcookie.com/courses/blender-mesh-modeling-bootcamp
https://cgcookie.com/courses/pothead-create-a-hard-surface-character-in-blender
https://cgcookie.com/courses/game-character-modeling-with-blender
https://cgcookie.com/courses/modeling-a-post-apocalyptic-vehicle
https://cgcookie.com/courses/modeling-a-sci-fi-helmet-in-blender
https://cgcookie.com/courses/introduction-to-character-modeling
https://cgcookie.com/courses/introduction-to-hard-surface-modeling
https://cgcookie.com/courses/creating-a-wall-of-mailboxes
https://cgcookie.com/courses/short-film-character-production
https://cgcookie.com/courses/creature-modeling-for-production