Boolean Box

BooleanBox is a little tool that allows booleans modeling with a real time topology actualization. It can be also used as an automatic retopology tool. 

Simply choose LiveRemesh, and/or LiveRetopo and perform the desire boolean operation.

Boolean Box has been updated, version 1.02 is now working for Maya 2017 to 2023+ .

As always, if you have feedback for features or bugs please feel free to send me a report at [email protected]

Simply choose LiveRemesh, and/or LiveRetopo and perform the desire boolean operation.

Installation:

Extract booleanBox_V01.rar and copy the contained files to C:/<username>/Documents/maya/<version>/scripts

So that the files look like this : 

C:/Users/<username>/Documents/maya/<version>/scripts/BooleanBox_v102/icons

C:/Users/<username>/Documents/maya/<version>/scripts/BooleanBox_v102/__init__.py

C:/Users/<username>/Documents/maya/<version>/scripts/BooleanBox_v102/BooleanBox.py

Then to make a button in your shelf editor :

1/ Copy and paste these lines in the maya script editor :

from BooleanBox_v102 import BooleanBox

BooleanBox.booleanbox_system().BooleanBoxToolUi()

2/ Select them both and with the middle mouse button clicked, drag and drop them on your shelf.

3/ Then right-click the new icon and click on "open" 

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