PolyDraw Issue

[t_smith5]

Hi

I'm currently trying to make some hair cards on my mesh using PolyDraw Strips. However, dragging out on the mesh makes a really thin strip. So I tried changing the Distance from Pixels to Units, but I can't get it to work. No matter what Minimum Distance I set it to - low or high - dragging on the mesh produces nothing. I've even tried adjusting the Offset, but nothing shows up.

[RobinBall6995]

It might depend what system units you have set. It seemed to work with metres when I tested it here on a big sphere.

[t_smith5]

Ahhh. Okay, thanks. Thing is, our tutors have recommended for us to have the units set to Centimetres. Guess I'll have to change it each time I want to set it to Units.

[RobinBall6995]

No not at all. Cms should be perfectly fine as a system unit. So long as you’re aware of the size of your scene and the size you’re entering in the Min Distance box, it should work. I was just wondering if your object is a lot bigger than you expect, so min distance is really small in comparison.

[t_smith5]

Okay. Well, I think my character is actually small...? When I import it into the Unreal Editor, it's very VERY tiny. Well, the head is at least, when I imported that to test. I have to scale it up to 100-200 on the X, Y, Z.

[t_smith5]

I can't get to work in Metres either. 😕 I am doing it correct, right...? I select the object I want to work with, enable Surface and Draw On: Surface, I click on the object I want to work on, put the offset to about 0.001, under PolyDraw I pick a New Object, click on Strips, set it to Units, adjust the Min Distance, and the drag over the object to draw/paint the strips.