Optimizing the topology of a model using Instant Meshes
In this section, we will focus on optimizing the topology of our scanned model. For this process, we're going to use a free program called Instant Meshes! Instant Meshes is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Instant Meshes is an amazing program that can lower the vertex count of a model, as well as optimizing the topology from triangles to quads. Quads are faces with 4 edges and are usually much easier to work with.
Please download and install Instant Meshes from https://github.com/wjakob/instant-meshes:
- Launch Instant Meshes once you have downloaded and installed it.
- In the top-left corner of the user interface, click the Open Mesh button, then click the PLY / OBJ button.
Figure 6.11 – Importing the model
- Browse to the folder where you have exported the clean OBJ model from Blender.
- Select the exported OBJ (Model_HP.obj) and click Open to load it into Instant...
