SCULPTING SEAMLESS TEXTURE WITH ZBRUSH

• Create -> Standard Primitive ->Plane
• Set the plane size to 200cm x 200cm
• Set the Lenght / Width Segs to 2

• Convert your primitive to an Editable Poly
• Clone the object several times around your main tile
• Attach in a single mesh
• Weld vertices
• Cut half tile in each side

• Choose your object -> File -> Export Selected
• Export as OBJ file format with the Zbrush preset and Export Material / Create Mat-Library unchecked

Alternatively you can Export directly in Zbrush with 1 Click with the GoZ feature (if installed and correctly setup in your 3dsMax/Zbrush)

• Tool -> Load Tool -> Choose your .OBJ file
• Shift + F to display Polygroups
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift and select the enlarged part of your tile to hide it
• Polygroups -> Group Visible  to make a Polygroup for the visible polygons
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift in a empty space to Unhide all

• For any brush you want to use (also the Smooth brush, used holding Shift key), you need to set the wrap mode to a value of 2
• Brush -> Curve – > WrapMode 2

• Geometry -> Uncheck Smt option to prevent the smoothing of the geometry when subdivided
• Divide at least 9 times (1.000.000 of points c.a.)

Your object main tile is in the middle, and you have a half tile for side to sculpt comfortably.

Not all the brushes works with the wrap mode (for example the Insert Mesh)

• Export your highres model from ZBrush
• Import the higres model in 3ds max
• In 3ds max create a plane 200cm x 200cm
• With the plane selected, go to Rendering -> Render To Texture
• Under render settings choose the preset 3dsmax.scanline.no.advance (the first inthe dropdown list)
• Go back in the render to texture window, enable Projection Mapping and pick your Highres Model
• Click Option and under Filtering Otions Press setup and uncheck “Disable all Samplers”
• Mapping coordinates “use existing channel” for object and Sub-Objects
• Under output add Normals Map elements and choose the texture Width/Height and the file output name/path
• Press render