Author Topic: Export Mesh out of Substance (Read 4480 times)

nicodela · **on:** December 20, 2019, 10:21:52 pm

Hello there,

Quick question, is there a way to export a mesh out of substance after the unwrap that is not triangulated?

Thank you for the time.

mudoglu 0 · **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2019, 04:03:10 pm

Same question here.

volker · **Reply #2 on:** December 24, 2019, 02:09:27 pm

Painter triangulates objects upon import. If you have lost the original quad object, you probably are out of luck.

hpeterson · **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2020, 04:51:30 pm

I would also like the ability to have a quad mesh back, I've tried DAE and OBJ and both get triangulated. Volker, I have not found that my models triangulate on import (unless it just doesn't display the triangulation?)

Daf57 · **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2020, 06:22:07 pm

If you activate the wireframe you will see that it's been triangulated.

hpeterson · **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2020, 07:30:05 pm

This is what I see when wireframe is activated. Sorry is there something I'm genuinely missing?

Daf57 · **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2020, 01:51:47 am

Hmmm- not sure. Every single mesh I've imported has shown to be triangular when the wireframe is active.

volker · **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2020, 10:11:45 am

Quote from: hpeterson on January 08, 2020, 07:30:05 pm

This is what I see when wireframe is activated. Sorry is there something I'm genuinely missing?

This is just viewport display. Trust me, the mesh actually is triangulated.

Its actually best to triangulate your meshes yourself before importing them into Painter. If you rely on the automatic triangulation, it might lead to unwanted texture distortions when you use the exported textures in the target rendering application (Painters triangulation method differs from the method used in the rendering app).

SLICE88 · **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2020, 02:49:34 pm

Quote from: Froyok on January 10, 2020, 05:46:39 pm

At the moment it is not possible to export a mesh that is not triangulating, we are actually considering it since we started to add the automatic unwrapping. I can't give an ETA for it however.

Please add this as soon as possible, it's very important to make automatic unwrapping useful for game pipeline.

markus_schille · **Reply #10 on:** April 05, 2020, 03:16:04 pm

+1 for wanting export without triangulated result. The imported wireframe looks like it has quads in the Substance Painter viewport, but any export format will result in triangles. This is useless if you are exporting a mesh meant to be used with Subdivision surfaces.

markus_schille · **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2020, 11:53:46 pm

Awesome!! Thanks!