Houdini Toolset

This package contains the Houdini source HIP files Matterfield uses to process all of its 3D models. From High Poly cleanup and processing, to UV proxy creation, to High Poly to Low Poly model generation.

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Create UV Proxy

Create UV Proxy generates a low-to-medium density proxy mesh from a cleaned high-poly scan while preserving the artist-defined polygroup boundaries created in ZBrush or elsewhere. The resulting UV proxy mesh is significantly easier to unwrap in RizomUV or Blender because the major shell decisions have already been established upstream.

Reproject High Poly

Reproject High Poly takes a UV proxy mesh and transfers the original scan detail back onto it, producing a high-resolution mesh that retains the clean UV structure created earlier in the workflow.

Create Low Poly

When you're ready to create a low poly model, this will input your high poly model (with UVW coordinates) and create a model with your custom polygon count using the same UVW coordinates. Detail retention using red and green vertex colors is supported.