Written by bunny the 16 Aug 10 at 22:59.

A panel in the Sculpt Mode Tool Shelf could list all the Vertex Groups in the mesh, with a set of buttons to: toggle visibility of selected Vertex Group, toggle visibility of all but selected Vertex Group, toggle masking of selected Vertex Group, toggle masking of all but selected Vertex Group. These operators could also be available to keymapping.

(See ZBrush's 'Polygroups': http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Polygroups ).

A panel in the Sculpt Mode Tool Shelf could list all the Vertex Groups in the mesh, with a set of buttons to: toggle visibility of selected Vertex Group, toggle visibility of all but selected Vertex Group, toggle masking of selected Vertex Group, toggle masking of all but selected Vertex Group. These operators could also be available to keymapping. (See ZBrush's 'Polygroups': http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Polygroups ).

Written by LetterRip the 17 Aug 10 at 20:20.

An eye to toggle visibility of a vertex group as is done for other objects and items in the outliner. Of course visibility should be invertable or revealable, by standard methods, (alt-h) etc

An eye to toggle visibility of a vertex group as is done for other objects and items in the outliner. Of course visibility should be invertable or revealable, by standard methods, (alt-h) etc

Written by ZanQdo the 23 Aug 10 at 06:46.

This is something that should be solved generically by data layers, by data I mean vertices, CVs and other kinds. No point in abusing the vertex groups which are there to store weight information and not simple visibility

This is something that should be solved generically by data layers, by data I mean vertices, CVs and other kinds. No point in abusing the vertex groups which are there to store weight information and not simple visibility

Written by netbuz10101 the 24 Aug 10 at 00:00.

Add this functionality to the multi resolution modifier. To properly sculpt at high resolutions it probably needs access to the modifier. Lasso select or use vertex groups or whatever to make selection, Then add as "sub object" or whatever term is appropriate.

Add this functionality to the multi resolution modifier. To properly sculpt at high resolutions it probably needs access to the modifier. Lasso select or use vertex groups or whatever to make selection, Then add as "sub object" or whatever term is appropriate.

Written by netbuz10101 the 24 Aug 10 at 00:30.

We can afford to rework the interface significantly, offering tools unavailable elsewhere.

-Modifier functionality: "Render Resolution level" and "Preview Resolution" moved to "Object Panel"
-Sculpt "Sub Object" interface needs vertically stacked Previews of "Sub Objects" with controls
-Select desired area by lasso, box, vertex group, or whatever. Click "Make Sub-Object"
-This essentially splits multi res data
-"Sub Objects" should have their own independent resolution
-Option to dump data to disk (where?), especially when "down-rezed"
-Sculpt across objects of same resolution
-Option to sculpt across any object at their own resolution (i.e. From head lvl:10 to neck lvl:5 )
-"Show Sub Object"
-"Hide Sub Object"
-"Merge Sub Objects"
-"Add Selected To Sub Object"
-Option for sculpt tp falloff at edge of "Sub Object" (default on), to prevent intersections etc.
-On render, multi res data can be merged first, or sub objects loaded separately as needed.

We can afford to rework the interface significantly, offering tools unavailable elsewhere. -Modifier functionality: "Render Resolution level" and "Preview Resolution" moved to "Object Panel" -Sculpt "Sub Object" interface needs vertically stacked Previews of "Sub Objects" with controls -Select desired area by lasso, box, vertex group, or whatever. Click "Make Sub-Object" -This essentially splits multi res data -"Sub Objects" should have their own independent resolution -Option to dump data to disk (where?), especially when "down-rezed" -Sculpt across objects of same resolution -Option to sculpt across any object at their own resolution (i.e. From head lvl:10 to neck lvl:5 ) -"Show Sub Object" -"Hide Sub Object" -"Merge Sub Objects" -"Add Selected To Sub Object" -Option for sculpt tp falloff at edge of "Sub Object" (default on), to prevent intersections etc. -On render, multi res data can be merged first, or sub objects loaded separately as needed.