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Asset Processor

I was blown away by the Asset Processor used by Embark and I wanted to see if I could re-create some of it on my own. Embark has their custom Houdini Engine for Blender and they used Substance for texture baking, I decided to go with Maya and Marmoset as that's what I had available

This Houdini Digital Asset takes a low poly mesh as an input:

• Automatically creates UVs
• Splits UVs to UDIMs to respect a given texel
• Automatically creates high poly meshes with rounded edges
• Enables creating high poly screws by placing low poly proxies

• Allows adding and subtracting details to the high poly mesh to be baked down
• Supports creases on the high poly mesh through Maya's face sets
• Automatically bakes maps in Marmoset and displays the output in Maya

This completely removes the tedious process of manually creating high poly meshes, saving days or even weeks of work

It's fully functional, though could still use some improvements (variable edge roundness, variable texel per UV island, performance with large meshes)

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