Draw XRay v3.8 Free Download

Draw XRay v3.8 Free Download

Addon for Blender 3.6 and 4.0, that will show retopology overlay on top of your mesh.

Pros compared to build-in Blender retopo overlay:

• easier to see which parts of your retopo mesh protrude out of your hipoly mesh, and which are below hipoly surface (build-in retopo overlay makes it impossible to see – if your mesh it above or below highpoly surface – see image below)
• more customizable
  • faces overlay color, opacity, edges opacity,
  • depth bias,
  • supports drawing in various modes: Sculpt, Edit, Paint, Object mode,
• draw with-or without modifiers

Cons:

• slower – it is coded in python, so it wont be as fast as native C++ code.

Paid version comes with snapping features:

• better approximation of high-poly mesh – thanks to taking into account mesh curvature (sink lowpoly mesh into valleys, push outside on peaks and keep retopo mesh close to flat surfaces) – see video below,
• support for retopology with subdivision modifier – DrawXray will negate mesh shrinking effect caused by that modifier,
• linking pairs of hipoly and lowpoly meshes, etc

Both free and $ version comes with fixed version of F2 add-on (mesh_f2_xray.py) – which wont crash when using F2 with DrawXray. Just disable the build-in F2 plugin, and replace it with the one from zip file below (named ‘F2 Xray Fix‘)

How to use:

• Install DrawXray like any other Blender add-on – see
• In 3D View Top Bar > Viewport Overlays > ‘Enable Xray‘ – if you go to mesh edit mode, you will se new overlay rendered on top of your mesh
• Depth Bias – will determine how much your lowpoly object will be rendered in front of other objects. Set it to 0 to get default blender behavior.
• You can change Face Color and Highlights Color;
• Xray Overlay can be enabled in following modes: Edit, Sculpt, Paint, Object (default – Edit; shift+Click to select multiple modes).

Videos:

•  showing the retopo Xray overlay
• Details about snapping features were shown in video below:

Update 2.3 Blender 2.8 only (23.08.2019)

• fixed crashes on scripts reload, and other bugs.
• by default per object snapping is now set to ‘Global’ . Saves few clicks: when you enable global snapping, all objects will use now global target. You can still change it per object in: ‘Object Viewport’ panel to: Disabled or Local (different snap target for each object)

Update 2.7 Blender 2.8 and 2.9  (19.11.2020)

• addon draws more uniform edges now
• more snapping options (based on shrink wrap modifier)
• Simplified UI (there is no longer separate panel in object properties)

Update 2.8 for Blender 2.93 and 3.0 (01.12.2021)

• Added compatibility with Blender 3.0

Update 2.9 for Blender 2.93 and 3.x (12.09.2022)

• Added compatibility with Blender 3.3
• remade snapping – only selected vertices will snap (in past – whole mesh would be snapped to high-poly obj)

Update 3.0 for Blender 2.93 and 3.x (17.02.2023)

• Code refactor. Hopefully it will fix some random issues people are experiencing

Update 3.1for Blender 2.93 and 3.x (1.04.2023)

• added compatibility with blender 3.5

Update 3.3 for Blender 3.5 and up only! (1.04.2023)

1. moved whole open-gl drawing to new GPU module in blender 3.5

Update 3.4 for Blender 3.6 and up only! (8.08.2023)

• option to draw in Edit mode and/or Sculpt Mode and/or Object Mode and/or Paint Mode
• Xray will show now shapekeys on object correctly

Update ver 3.6 (for version with snapping (24.11.2023) :

• improved snapping behavior on concave areas
• nicer results when using subdivision modifier on your retopo mesh,
• ability to snap to any object (not just mesh types)
• new – snap to: selected object, collection of objects, all objects
• ability to affect neighbors of selected geometry, for nicer retopo mesh interpolation
• added new – projected snapping method

Update ver 3.8 (for version with snapping (2.3.2024):

• Fixed ‘Projected snapping’ method when using Orthographic view
• fixed not being able to snap in mesh edit mode, when Xray overlay Mode was set to Sculpt only display method,
• other fixes and tweaks