Subdivision to NURBS?

Subdivision surfaces are awesome, but sometimes a NURBS-based approach is the tool needed for a job. But did you know that you can interchange subdivision surface 'cage' data with a NURBS-based application? Model partly in Blender and partly in MOI3D.
This video is a followup to this video: • Merging two topologies...
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[@Tarex_]

I know Blender has other usecases and CAD isn't one of them, but the fact that it has NURBS and bezier curves and is not lacking mathematically, it's still a pity it's not stronger in that, i use it in combination with Fusion and interfacing the two is sometimes such a pain, perfect quad surfaces and loops get mangled and scaling, oh boy

[@dinocroon6287]

It looks like only MOI has this feature!! I was dying to find such function when I was working between Blender and Fusion ...

[@IlyaAndreev-1]

Ohhhh it's amazing! Moi 3D that's what we neeeeeed ! Thanks !

[@sirrodneyffing1]

Plasticity is absolutely fantastic, just learning it, but the conversion to NURBS here in MOI looks really good. Thanks

[@christopher3d475]

Yeah, it's on my bucket list to learn Plasticity.

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Wow! This was very interesting. Thanks Chis
Edit: too bad MOI isn't free, but if you're doing this for a living it's a reasonable price.

[@яотвечаюзавсеЮ.ГерманПетров]

Moi 3D круть!! Я стараюсь примитивные модели мастерить в ней. Очень удобная программа для моделирования

[@saulthetaxidriver6100]

Moi is paid app

[@christopher3d475]

And?

[@murdocklesban6836]

@@christopher3d475 we dont have money

[@gerdsfargen6687]

My jaw drops when I see the end result on your renders. I swear thats incredibly photorealistic.

[@slowlymakingsmoke]

Very interesting Chris. I am no NURBS expert, but it would be good to see that modeling paradigm make a comeback in the general 3D community. At least a generation of 3D artists will not have experienced it. I even think some of its features could be applied to subD modeling.

[@christopher3d475]

Yep, the right tool for the right job.

[@Contactbps]

Hey Chris, could you please explain how to retopo these exported models from MOI, so it can easily take subd modifier and do not create the glitches and weird shading.

[@christopher3d475]

You could use the Remesh function, but honestly Nurbs generated meshes should be left alone. If you go down the route of modeling a part in a NURBS modeler, you should just finish it there.