Weirdness after subdividing in Mudbox

alexk

So I've made this pipe in Maya and then import it to Mudbox. I subdivide it, but when I hit level 3, it starts to show all these edges. These edges show up even more as I move up in subdivisions. here's a pic




I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, or maybe its my pipe model but I'm not sure what is causing this weirdness.... any suggestions?

edwardE

I don't use Mudbox, but it looks like it's treating your model as if it has hard edges before it smooths it, keeping the faceted look, but smoothing the edges of the facets, themselves.

Perhaps when you export from Maya, assuming you're using OBJ, use the options on "Export selected..." and turn "Smoothing groups" on under "File specific options" - if that doesn't work, try checking your settings under Mudbox's importing and smoothing sections. Your model looks okay as far as visible geometry goes.

midorisabato

There's one thing you might want to double check. Under Mesh -> Subdivide Selection -> "options box" make sure you have "Smooth Positions" checked.

alexk

midorisabato wrote: »

There's one thing you might want to double check. Under Mesh -> Subdivide Selection -> "options box" make sure you have "Smooth Positions" checked.

that seemed to do it, thank you!

midorisabato

Cool, glad I could help