Vertexix Manual

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Getting Started

• Quick Start: Your First Model
• Remeshing a Model
• Editions Compared
• Projects & File Types
• USD and Alembic Files
• Glossary

General Interface

• Menu Bar & File Operations
• Loaded Mesh vs. Generated Mesh
• Icon Toolbar
• Viewport Navigation & Status Bar
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Windows & Dock Layouts
• The Bezier Pen
• Camera Window
• Head Tracking
• Set Mesh Size

Manual Remesh

• 1. Settings
• 2. Manual Remesh Settings
• 3. Generate UV Map
• 4. Transfer Texture
• 5. Create Normal Map
• 6. Extra Actions
• 7. Animation

Auto Remesh

• 1. Settings
• 2. Orientation Field
• 3. Position Field
• 4. Create Topology
• 3. Generate UV Map (shared with Manual Remesh)
• 4. Transfer Texture (shared with Manual Remesh)
• 5. Create Normal Map (shared with Manual Remesh)
• 6. Extra Actions (shared with Manual Remesh)
• 7. Animation (shared with Manual Remesh)

Retopology Tools

• Make Quads Light & Vertexix & Ultra
• Point-Cloud Scans
• Seam Tools Vertexix & Ultra

Quad-Patcher Vertexix & Ultra

• Drawing Patches Vertexix & Ultra
• Rings, Caps, Extend & Bridge Vertexix & Ultra
• Editing Quads Vertexix & Ultra
• Mirror Mode Vertexix & Ultra
• Finish & Sessions Vertexix & Ultra

Model Splitter

• Bringing a Model In
• Cuts
• Carve Vertexix & Ultra
• Connectors & the Peg Editor
• Labels & the Assembly Picture Vertexix & Ultra
• Hollow, Drain Holes & Thin Walls Ultra
• Saving, Exporting & Sending to Sculpt

Selection Tools

• Lasso Scope: Face vs. Volume Select
• Color Groups & Grow/Shrink/Loop Select
• Loaded Mesh vs. Generated Mesh Mode
• Select by Material
• Merge Selection & Pass Through
• Merged Groups Management
• Material Properties Inspector
• UDIM Tile Manager
• Save / Lock / Load Selection
• Merge Window

Image Viewer

• Source & Generated Texture Lists
• Image Info & Assign to Material
• Auto-Assign by Name & Color Space

Materials

• Material Tools Window
• Edit Material Vertexix & Ultra
• Material Values in Exports

Painting

• Paint Palette
• Clone, Blur, Smudge & Eraser
• Mixer Brush
• Gradient & Bucket Fill
• Brushes & Brush Dynamics
• Brush Library & Import
• Brush Modes, Rake & Pen Settings
• Stroke Smoothing
• Texture Layers
• Layer Masks
• Paint Masking & Memory Slots
• Stencil Painting
• Stroke Tool & Paint Paths
• Alpha Drag
• Shapes
• Text
• Stitch Tool
• Stitch Creator
• Scratch Pad
• Surface Presets
• GPU-Accelerated Painting
• Color Wheel, Color Bar & Swatches
• Vertex Density Paint

Sculpting

• Sculpt Brushes
• Symmetry
• Aligned Brush: Wrap & Follow Curve
• Sculpt Layers
• Dynamic Topology
• Alpha Drag (shared with Painting)
• Text (shared with Painting)
• Stitch Tool (shared with Painting)
• Subdivision Levels
• Rebuild & Repaint
• Sculpt Paths
• Paint While Sculpting
• Sculpt Masking

Voxel Mode

• Shapes & Cuts
• Curves & Free Form
• Voxel Tree, Numeric & Edit Node
• Move, Rotate, Scale & Pivot
• Taper, Twist, Bend, Shear & Drag Net
• Mirror, Clone & Multiply
• Voxel Mask
• Voxel Sculpt
• From Voxels to a Mesh
• Saving & Loading Scenes
• Voxel Size & Preview Detail

Sphere Chains

• Building a Chain
• The Active Ball
• Selecting & Linking Balls
• Symmetry with Mirror
• Chain Shape & Proportions
• Posing & Rigging
• Chain Templates
• From Existing Models & Shapes
• Send to Sculpt

Node Texturing

• Node Editor
• Node Presets
• Node Layers
• Groups & Exposed Parameters
• Material Nodes
• Mesh-Aware Nodes
• Node Reference

UV Editor Vertexix & Ultra

• Canvas, Map Bar & Shortcuts
• Selection
• Transform
• Unwrap and Reshape
• Align
• Arrange
• Symmetry
• View
• Weld and Seams
• Texel Density
• Snapping
• Texture

OpenGL View

• Directional Light
• Secondary / Third / Fourth Light
• Mesh View
• Layer View
• Debug Views: World Normals & Depth Map
• MatCap Browser

PBR View

• Directional & Emission Light
• OpenPBR Shading Ultra
• Image Based Lighting
• Post Processing
• PBR Layer View
• Shadows & Displaced Geometry

Settings

• Settings Tab
• Mouse Settings
• 3D Connexion and Tablet
• Memory Settings
• Interface Tab
• Viewport Background & Horizon Presets
• Keyboard Setting Tab
• Export Tab
• About Tab

Exporting

• Formats & Edition Availability
• UDIM Tiles & Metallic/Roughness Options
• Quads vs. Triangles
• Exporting Rigged glTF Ultra
• FBX Units & Scale

Troubleshooting & FAQ

• Logs & Crash Reports
• Resetting Layout & Settings
• GPU & Memory

Appendix: Command-Line Options