Posts by Thibaud Despriet

Automated Retopology for 3D Assets

Clean, anatomy-aware retopology remains a high-stakes bottleneck that existing manual, semi-automatic, and fully automatic tools only partially address. Retopomeister identifies anatomical anchor points, selects appropriate curated source topologies, and uses neural wrapping to conform that topology onto the target mesh with symmetry preservation, while allowing artists to adjust anchors and maintain creative control. By transferring production-ready metadata like UV unwraps, vertex groups, and material seams along with the topology, it reduces downstream work across the entire pipeline. The prototype system showcases promising directions: enhanced keypoints, interactive loop sketching, and a more iterative workflow.

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