Adding More geometry

onyichi

How do increase the faces in Maya? I know from my class mates we are gonna have to make models with 100,000 faces on them.

The only way I know how is to add edge loops.

I ask because I will be taking my second modeling class in spring and the modeling professor sucks. He teaches in nurbs more than polygons (had him last semester). Not to mention no one understands him and he is literally the only guy who teaches 3D modeling.

So I'd like to use this semester to teach myself as much on modeling as I can.

-If you're good at 3D please send an email to my chairman so that we can have someone else

repete

Select the mesh and from the polygon menu: Edit Mesh > Add Divisions

a3D

The traditional way of adding meaningful geometry is smooth mesh modeling.

You're doing smooth mesh modeling right when your model looks good when you press 3, while being easy to edit when you press 1.

Controlling the shape when smoothing geometry is an art of its own, and there's even a dedicated thread here in Technical Talk.

Eric Chadwick

This might help you
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Subdivision_Surface_Modeling

clinington

a3D wrote: »

Controlling the shape when smoothing geometry is an art of its own

So true, but once you've mastered it you can create some really nice high poly models