subdividing parts of an object

edi · 30th November 2014, 06:02 AM

Hello,

I thought I´d better ask this in a new thread than hijacking the other one again.

I have an object I want to smooth on the outside for printing, but only in a certain region so that some hard edges are preserved. Subdividing seems to take the *whole* object. I have tried to select only the surfaces I want, but I can´t seem to the subdivision bit of the menu. I can press the button Subdiv+ and it seems to do what I want, but when I change to object mode to be able to press on ´commit subdivision´ for export it again looks like the subdivisions of all the surfaces have changed.

So how can I smooth out only a part of a multi-surface object?

Best

Edi

30th November 2014, 06:02 AM	#1
edi Junior Member Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10	subdividing parts of an object Hello, I thought I´d better ask this in a new thread than hijacking the other one again. I have an object I want to smooth on the outside for printing, but only in a certain region so that some hard edges are preserved. Subdividing seems to take the whole object. I have tried to select only the surfaces I want, but I can´t seem to the subdivision bit of the menu. I can press the button Subdiv+ and it seems to do what I want, but when I change to object mode to be able to press on ´commit subdivision´ for export it again looks like the subdivisions of all the surfaces have changed. So how can I smooth out only a part of a multi-surface object? Best Edi