been using hardops & boxcutter for 2 years and made my workflow way better. and when i first bought it, i straight up went to your gun and satellite tuts and learned it all in a few days!
@@SkrapProduction i am not sure which ones you mean, but if you wanna master hopscutter asap then i'd say get this www.blenderbros.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-hard-ops-and-boxcutter
Man, I am so fucking sold on your courses. I don't even know what to enroll in first; the HardOps Masterclass or the Hard Surface Accelerator! Your content is the best!
Cheers, mate. Well, that would depend on what's your level and what is the goal of your studies. If you haven't touched the addons yet and are fairly new to hard surface in Blender then I would recommend starting with the accelerator. It will give you superb foundation for anything Blender related, but especially hard surface modeling workflow. We also have Academy 2.0 offer which is not on the store. Feel free to DM me on discord. You can join our public diuscord and DM me from there discord.gg/cBMF9X5
@PonteRyuurui Is the Boxcutter/Hardops course updated for Blender 4.2? Definitely thinking of getting it, but lots of issues with some of the older tutorials.
what would you want updated? the only thing that has changed is autosmooth, modifier menu and addon installation menu, and all those changes are on the blender side. Hops simply added an AS modifier, thats all. We added a video that explains the changes. The rest is the same.
Thanks Bro, But I have a question, my decalmachine doesn't work with materialworks, the decals are white, could you make a video on how to fix these material errors? Pls Bro, I appreciate it. ❤
Great video, I have another question. If I create an stl or obj file in another software, and import it into blender, will hardops and box cutter work on those files? I want to buy the software but i need to know it if will work for my intended use.
@@user_xyz948 Thanks, I'm only asking because I am currently struggling with importing my stl files and remeshing them, either they turn out super low quality, so my flat edges are not flat anymore, or when i remesh, they have so many quads, my pc crash so im wondering if i should rather create everything in blender and not work between different software
@@DIYGUNBUSTERS I see the issue now. Blenders native remeshing tools are utter garbage. If you want a clean result you will need a ridiculously small voxel size + corrective smooth, which will result in meshes with a huge polycount (which can still be used in some cases but they still slow down your PC by a lot). If you want a proper remesher then you will have to buy the quad-remesher add-on for Blender, or do manual retopology. Cheers. Edit: Also, export settings matter a lot. Check which settings are most optimal for your situation.
@@user_xyz948 I've tried High, Low, Brep, everything my software can export is too much for Blender. I model Airsoft Guns and would have liked to sculpt on it, without losing the tolerances or functionality, but sculpting again moves the meshes instead of just adding it like hard surface modeling so I'm in a jam here. I want to add like dragon scales to the frame but doing it in a CAD software is near impossible and takes ages, where if i look at a blender tutorial, i could do in 20 min
@@DIYGUNBUSTERS Like I said, blender is lacking proper remeshing tools. I'm not too educated on how to properly export from cad cad to blender for sculpting purposes. You may find some resources regarding that online. Or you save yourself the hassle and pay for proper remeshing tools, but it's fair if you don't want that. Either way I hope you find a way that will work for you. Good luck.
Hi Ponte Ryuurui, I love your videos. They are informative, straight to the point and amazing. I have a question though, I make airsoft guns and other toy weapons, however I use a CAD Software to get the right tolerances and design all the mechanical parts, but they lack the creativity of what blender has to offer, I can't make the designs look as cool as in my channel banner so I was wondering if you could tell me if it is worth learning blender for this purpose and is it possible to make functioning assemblies using blender. Thank you in advance.
If you're already familiar with a CAD workflow, you might want to look into the Plasticity software too, which has some excellent tools for hard-surface modelling, and which Ponte has some videos and a course for already too. After they're modelled, you can bring the models into Blender to texture and render them too, if you want, since there's a dedicated exporter. It's pretty fun software, and easier to learn than Blender.
Guys, I got a super basic problem but I searched through all the Internet and couldn't find the answer. :((( I came back to Blender and hard surface modeling after a couple of months and my Boxcutter doesn't work as it used to, I guess. BC is active. When I select an object and try to drag across and create a cutter, the object deselects suddenly with my click and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? D: Could you help me?
@@PonteRyuurui thank you, I did so, reinstalling Blender and addons didn't help but updating Windows did. I thought someting's changed with Blender shortcuts or so but it was just a bug. Solved.
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been using hardops & boxcutter for 2 years and made my workflow way better. and when i first bought it, i straight up went to your gun and satellite tuts and learned it all in a few days!
Can you link me to the tutorials you are referring to? I'd like to learn the usefulness of the add-ons through a fun project or two.
@@SkrapProduction i am not sure which ones you mean, but if you wanna master hopscutter asap then i'd say get this www.blenderbros.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-hard-ops-and-boxcutter
@@PonteRyuurui thank you sir
Your vids super informative and to the point, and your blunt candid delivery is so entertaining I keep coming back for more🤣
cheers mate, much appreciated
Man, I am so fucking sold on your courses. I don't even know what to enroll in first; the HardOps Masterclass or the Hard Surface Accelerator! Your content is the best!
Cheers, mate. Well, that would depend on what's your level and what is the goal of your studies. If you haven't touched the addons yet and are fairly new to hard surface in Blender then I would recommend starting with the accelerator. It will give you superb foundation for anything Blender related, but especially hard surface modeling workflow. We also have Academy 2.0 offer which is not on the store. Feel free to DM me on discord. You can join our public diuscord and DM me from there discord.gg/cBMF9X5
Great Video Ponte I figured you were making a Video Keep up the grind bro💪💪
This might not mean much but thank you, I got your course for free and I’ve learned a lot
glad it helped mate!
Best add-ons. Thanks much Mr.Ponte
Awesome - thank you!
thank for this video ponte
In the past I thought these plugins were unnecessary. Now I've been using them for 4 years.
Is that auto smooth neccesary? I use my models for 3d Printing and Autosmooth is artificial (right click and flat is what it prints as).
@PonteRyuurui Is the Boxcutter/Hardops course updated for Blender 4.2? Definitely thinking of getting it, but lots of issues with some of the older tutorials.
what would you want updated? the only thing that has changed is autosmooth, modifier menu and addon installation menu, and all those changes are on the blender side. Hops simply added an AS modifier, thats all. We added a video that explains the changes. The rest is the same.
Thanks Bro, But I have a question, my decalmachine doesn't work with materialworks, the decals are white, could you make a video on how to fix these material errors? Pls Bro, I appreciate it. ❤
DM does not with non bsdf mats. However, our next MW update, which is nearly ready, will change that.
Great video, I have another question. If I create an stl or obj file in another software, and import it into blender, will hardops and box cutter work on those files? I want to buy the software but i need to know it if will work for my intended use.
What do mean exactly by "work"?
Of course you will be able to edit imported stl/obj files with HopsCutter as long as they are a mesh.
@@user_xyz948 Thanks, I'm only asking because I am currently struggling with importing my stl files and remeshing them, either they turn out super low quality, so my flat edges are not flat anymore, or when i remesh, they have so many quads, my pc crash so im wondering if i should rather create everything in blender and not work between different software
@@DIYGUNBUSTERS I see the issue now. Blenders native remeshing tools are utter garbage. If you want a clean result you will need a ridiculously small voxel size + corrective smooth, which will result in meshes with a huge polycount (which can still be used in some cases but they still slow down your PC by a lot).
If you want a proper remesher then you will have to buy the quad-remesher add-on for Blender, or do manual retopology.
Cheers.
Edit: Also, export settings matter a lot. Check which settings are most optimal for your situation.
@@user_xyz948 I've tried High, Low, Brep, everything my software can export is too much for Blender. I model Airsoft Guns and would have liked to sculpt on it, without losing the tolerances or functionality, but sculpting again moves the meshes instead of just adding it like hard surface modeling so I'm in a jam here. I want to add like dragon scales to the frame but doing it in a CAD software is near impossible and takes ages, where if i look at a blender tutorial, i could do in 20 min
@@DIYGUNBUSTERS Like I said, blender is lacking proper remeshing tools. I'm not too educated on how to properly export from cad cad to blender for sculpting purposes. You may find some resources regarding that online. Or you save yourself the hassle and pay for proper remeshing tools, but it's fair if you don't want that.
Either way I hope you find a way that will work for you.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Can I take your courses without buying this addon? is there any alternative?
thank you.
Great product, how ever i have reinstall Blender and now I can not install ""hardops" Box cutter just installed fine. What could be the problem?
Could be many things. Update the addon. Try nuking config files. Can ask here under help discord.gg/cBMF9X5
Are you going to do any videos on nsolve?
no plans
Hi Ponte Ryuurui, I love your videos. They are informative, straight to the point and amazing. I have a question though, I make airsoft guns and other toy weapons, however I use a CAD Software to get the right tolerances and design all the mechanical parts, but they lack the creativity of what blender has to offer, I can't make the designs look as cool as in my channel banner so I was wondering if you could tell me if it is worth learning blender for this purpose and is it possible to make functioning assemblies using blender. Thank you in advance.
Just try is and see if it works for your niche.
@@PonteRyuurui Okay, I'll give it a shot, Thanks.
If you're already familiar with a CAD workflow, you might want to look into the Plasticity software too, which has some excellent tools for hard-surface modelling, and which Ponte has some videos and a course for already too.
After they're modelled, you can bring the models into Blender to texture and render them too, if you want, since there's a dedicated exporter.
It's pretty fun software, and easier to learn than Blender.
My shift+2 and alt+rmb for weighted normal not working.
Your videos are incredible, son. I want to enroll in your course but I have a question. I speak Spanish. Does the course have a translation?
son? you must be ancient if you are calling me son. sorry mate, no subs or translations
Is it normal that when i do a cut, the boolean modifier gets applied automatically ?
If you set boxcutter to destructive then yes.
@@PonteRyuurui Thank you for answering me!
I think I have to redownload them because they stopped working after a few blender updates
Loop tools so soooo much better for cutting holes and squares rather than using Boolean. Box cutter is great for literally any other shape though.
What about nsolve?
what about it
@@PonteRyuurui any thoughts about it? Does it fit into the best addons,too?
@@smaplessmap5355 that is contextual, if you need it and fits your workflow then it does
Guys, I got a super basic problem but I searched through all the Internet and couldn't find the answer. :((( I came back to Blender and hard surface modeling after a couple of months and my Boxcutter doesn't work as it used to, I guess.
BC is active. When I select an object and try to drag across and create a cutter, the object deselects suddenly with my click and nothing happens.
What am I doing wrong? D: Could you help me?
udate your addons, also join our discord and next time use the help chat discord.gg/cBMF9X5
@@PonteRyuurui thank you, I did so, reinstalling Blender and addons didn't help but updating Windows did. I thought someting's changed with Blender shortcuts or so but it was just a bug. Solved.