30th March 2006, 06:14 PM | #1 |
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Subdivision
I have been learning to use subdivision in modeling. I'm starting to like it a lot.
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thats pretty nice looking I to enjoy the subdivison tool. but if you haven't figured it out do not try and subdivide your model more than 3 times well it all depends on how big your model is. I have found that if you subdivide more than 3 times it could cause AC3D to Lag. Could that be some sorta bug in AC3D
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31st March 2006, 11:44 PM | #3 |
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It's not really a bug in AC3D. It's that there gets to be so many polys that it slows down the program and machine trying to render them. For the type of models shown in the picture I try to keep them under 4000 polys and preferably much less.
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hey willy did you check out my projects yet they include subdivision check it out
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Yes, I saw your models. Very nice. While looking at them it brought to mind a question I had about the models I was working on. I can reduce the poly count on the models by combining surfaces manually. Some of the surfaces lie on the same plane and unless there's a special reason not to they can be combined into one surface. I'm wondering if there is a way to automate that process. Not just with surfaces that share the same plane but perhaps with surfaces that join at an angle that is equal to or less than one that is user defined and if they could be combined with a smoothing algorithm which averages. Just a thought. I wonder if Andy is reading this thread.
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well I was wondering about the vertices, cause when you select more than one vertice and the press the C command which combines the surfaces I have noticed that there are still the orginal vertices there. my question is now what can those left over vertices do what purpose do they still serve.
ooh and just a little f.y.i willy my car models all started out from one polygon |
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thank you luuckyy
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Fantastic ...
Looking good my friend !!!
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