Magic voxel help

Wondering if anyone makes voxel maps for others at all, I have an idea for a build but pretty inept at using magic voxel couldnt figure it out lol. I could figure out some way of paying in game for sure.

GASP! Someone help this poor man!

It’s only been 7hrs. Some people sleep. Or try to while discord blows up :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Not my fault! Turn your phone on silent silly. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

MagicaVoxel is an amazing tool to plan builds. It’s lightweight and free, but still it brings a lot of great features. That means, on the other hand, that you will have to dig into it. But really, it is worth it, don’t get scared by the compact GUI!

For your first steps, this video could be useful: 3D Design for Beginners - MagicaVoxel Tutorial - YouTube
Check out the videos (ephtracy - YouTube) of Ephtracy, the creator of MagicaVoxel, for more advanced techniques.

And now some basic hints to get you started.

I would recommend you to first change the Frame Grid Spacing to Boundless’ eight-block-plots, like this:

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Enable “Grid” and “Frame”, also change the default value “10” to “8”.

Another thing to mention is that if you hover over any GUI element, it tells you what that button does in the buttom part of the GUI (right under “Console”), along with its shortcut:

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In this example, my mouse was hovering over the “L” button in the “Brush” menu.

Considering the different brushes: Try them out on that big blue cube that is generated per default. Just keep in mind though that the default mode (mode being selected right under the brushes menu) is “Erase”, so you’ll cut pieces away from that blue cube. If you want to add blocks, select the “Attach” mode. “Paint” mode just colours the voxels with the currently selected colour.

There are three camera modes to work with, try them out to find the one you like most (personally, I like to use “Free” mode most):

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This box (top of GUI) defines the canvas area of your project (width - depth - height):

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Considering the colour palette: A user named @Kralith made a colour palette with Boundless colours which is super useful. You can download it here, at cell R2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14B2ojK73OJgfbiwKO1V-b7xomWsHdUovml1c4govP3c/edit#gid=2000284400

After downloading it, you can import it into MagicaVoxel with this button (at the bottom of the palette):

To select some voxels, you have two modes: Box and Rectangle:

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“Box” makes a three dimensional selection, while “Rectangle” does a two dimensional one. Try them out, it will make sense once you work with it.

To copy/paste selected voxels, use this menu (visible once you click “Select”):

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To move selected voxels around, use this menu (visible once you click “Loop”):

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MagicaVoxel is much easier to work with if you remember some basic shortcuts, namely these:

  • switch to Attach mode: t
  • switch to Erase mode: r
  • switch to Paint mode: g
  • select a colour from an existing voxel: ALT + left mouse button

Shout out if you need more help and happy voxeling to you!

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I did mine using SketchUp and drububu’s voxelizer. Is your build available on the SketchUp 3d warehouse (Google it)? If so I could voxelize it and share it in one of SketchUp’s many export file types

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I’ve also wanted to get deeper into magica voxel. I got the basics down but the two posts above i’ll look into more when I get home to see what I can learn. Thanks :smile: @gnarly @TameJames

Ty I’ll look into the it

Here’s a post detailing it. There’s a learning curve to SketchUp, I was already familiar with it so I used it. If your model exists in the 3d warehouse then it would be a quick job for me to voxelize it and send it over

Dont think it’s on there but still looking around it’s more of a pattern, just thought I could preplanned for once lol

Just looking for a flat pattern really I just am not that artistic lol thought there might be an easy way to do it heh

you mean magica voxel? if u need help let me know exactly :slight_smile: i can help u out :slight_smile:

Wow, thank you for your little guide, that will make MagicaVoxels easier to understand.

And yes, it was me, wo made the Palette, but without @Okkelinor and his amazing Google Table about colors i never had it made :slight_smile: :wink:

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This is cool but I prefer doing it the old fashioned way. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Kudos to both of you @Kralith and @Okkelinor.

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