Topology issues

Erwannd2d · Jun 2017

Hey all,
So i'm just practising some Hardsurface modeling and I was wondering what would be the best way to connect the vertexes on this to get rid of those shader problems.

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Obscura · Jun 2017

One nice and clean way is to use a much more divided cylinder that has enough edges to not need to connect those to the corners.

musashidan · Jun 2017

Are you polymodeling or sub-d modeling?

Erwannd2d · Jun 2017

Seems pretty straightforward although let's say in term of polycount I want to keep things the same, how would that work out ?

Erwannd2d · Jun 2017

musashidan said:

Are you polymodeling or sub-d modeling?

I may seem noobie but I don't know the difference between the two XD

Eric Chadwick · Jun 2017

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Subdivision_Surface_Modeling

musashidan · Jun 2017

Polygonal modeling is straight modeling with surface shading based on hard/soft edges or smoothing groups (wysiwyg) and sub-division modeling is modeling with the intent of using a smoothing algorithm that results in hard/soft forms based on either creasing or control/in line edgeloops on the cage mesh. In game asset modeling they would often be the low and high poly repectively.

kanga · Jun 2017

I dont think you have allocated smoothing groups to the model. At the far left side I see the polys that should be on one plane/in one group. Only where you want a hard line set the polys in a different groip. If you are going to bake a normal map set everything in one group and bake.

Erwannd2d · Jun 2017

kanga said:

I dont think you have allocated smoothing groups to the model. At the far left side I see the polys that should be on one plane/in one group. Only where you want a hard line set the polys in a different groip. If you are going to bake a normal map set everything in one group and bake.

Yeah definetly will do that

Topology issues

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