{"id":289,"date":"2009-01-07T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:24:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T09:24:40","slug":"table-smooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/07\/table-smooth.htm","title":{"rendered":"Table’s Smooth: improve your awarness"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Warning<\/strong>: the following post’s related to 3ds Max, but is applicable to any software provides polygonal modeling<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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Among the\u00c2\u00a03ds Max\u00c2\u00a0modifiers, there is one – EDIT POLY – that rather than a lot of parameters, in fact there’s a “world” behind: the world of the polygonal modeling<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Polygonal modeling<\/strong> (nurms)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0is an approach for modeling objects by representing or approximating their\u00c2\u00a0surfaces\u00c2\u00a0using\u00c2\u00a0polygons and 3ds Max\u00c2\u00a0especially \u00c2\u00a0works in this way.<\/p>\n

One of the most important things is to assimilate the “combination” of 3d low poly models with modifiers like MeshSmooth or TurboSmooth in order to get smoothed objects.<\/p>\n

The typical application is: Primitive Geometry + Edit Poly + Meshsmooth (or TurboSmooth)<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the most important thing is to understand << What polygonal mesh I need to get the 3d model I want?>><\/span><\/strong>. (Is supposed: “using meshsmooth modifier”).<\/p>\n

My last sentence is crucial, so you I recommend you to read it again carefully: it is the focus of polygonal modeling. (I feel sorry for my poor english<\/em>)<\/p>\n

In this article will not explain how to handle technically the Edit Poly because there are tons of tutorials and videotutorial too.<\/p>\n

I have prepared an image that I call TABLE’S SMOOTH<\/a><\/strong> because it contains 12 examples of basic items: they are what you get adding a Smooth modifier to a Low Poly model.<\/p>\n

Observe my “table”: I hope it will help you to develop the awareness you need in order to get the smoothed object you want.<\/p>\n