Subdivision modeling: When is good enough, good enough? The cylinder on the left has 20 segments. The cylinder in the middle has 64 segments. The cylinder on the right has 12 segments. So why can't the geometry on the left hold its shape when subdivision smoothing is applied? [Arguably] one of the most common answers to…
Subdivision sketch: cylinder details and radial tiling. This write-up looks at matching a cylinder's segment count to radially tiled details. While there are different ways to approach adding these details, the focus here is less about specific modeling operations and more about planning during the block out stage.…
Subdivision modeling: use more geometry or create better geometry? Removing subdivision smoothing errors from shape intersections on curved surfaces is a common theme for questions about hard surface subdivision modeling. A lot of these questions are about pinching and stretching issues near corners and around shape…