Reduce polygon count

[rodlord]

I am working with a HUGE environment in my current project and constantly struggling to keep the polygon count down.

I am wondering if there is any way to reduce the polygon density and detail of a model on or after import ?

My instinct tells me I cannot escape simply building a simpler, more crude model from scratch ... but just thought I would ask in case anyone knows of some magic !

Cheers

Rod

[davidwu67]

You could import the model into Blender and use the Decimate modifier, apply then export, using .obj

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/modifiers/generate/decimate.html

 

[joseph56]

There's also Lightwave 30 day demo which has this:

https://docs.lightwave3d.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1856437

[FelixCat]

THAT could be a great plug in!

[Tomas Egger]

Ola,

Northern lights3D have a LOD plug-in, but I never used in a real production..

Thanks

Tom

[Paul P]

The latest Cheetah 3D (Mac only program) also has a simplify function, which reduces polygon count. This may also work. 

 

Good luck. 

[fantomaz]

Don't forget Polytrans from Okino, imho the best way to reduce polys.

 

Alex

[maher]

Rhino 3D (Mac and PC) also have a reduction of polygons tool.