SubD examples and models

i saw the triangles, but i suspect the "curved" should be simply non-planar quads.
in that case quadface importer could hopefully handle them..
is topmod free? that looks intersting..

thomthom

@pilou said:

For crazzy models you can use the incedible TopMod!

And Import OBJ by TIG for "SU MAKE"!

Can you share the OBJ file?

pilou

From the Topmod ?
No Problem

soccerball_obj.zip

thomthom

Here is the result of the OBJ imported using QuadFaceTools:

Notice that it has less triangles than your original import - this is because the QFT OBJ importer will ensure non-planar quads are created as QuadFaceTools quads. In in turns makes it better for SUbD.

You can see that under the hood there are still triangles in SketchUp - but for the sake of QFT and SUbD they will be treated as quads.

HornOxx

Hi All
I've finally found the time, to install and start SubD, which runs very well so far and I love it already. I am glad as well, that SubD is finally here and has caused all these contributions which are great, even funny and educational all together.

Now I'm working my way through all your contributions and the exercise models that you have posted here. Cotty and all the others - thank you all for posting them!!!

I understand why it is better to use quad faces instead of triangulation, even if I'm light years away to understand the connections to (for example) Quadfce tools and how or when to use these additional "Quad" tools - I´m starting to learn :- ))

Here is a first simple question
I show an example of Cotty - How is it possible to get this shown SubD-quad-mesh visible?
(I see the creases only and when I activate show hidden geometry, I see the creases and the triangulation of course)

cotty

Unsmooth quads from the quadface tools for the group:

HornOxx

@cotty said:

Unsmooth quads from the quadface tools for the group

I see the Quads !!! :- )) Thanks Cotty