SubD examples and models

Box

I haven't had time for ages just to have a play, so this was a relaxing bit of fun.
One interesting thing that came out of it that I was half aware of, you can twist your quads so they are kinda inside out and SUbD will still make beautiful shapes from them.

SUbDFun.skp

cuttingedge

For a while, I thought your model was too messed up for SubD to actually work.Awesome discovery by just playing around..

Box

I'm pretty sure it helped that I twisted it using Vertex tools as it tends to retain a good quad structure.

pilou

Very elegant!

Rich O Brien

spacemouse-uv.zip

cotty

A simple heater...

HornOxx

@rich o brien said:

...spacemouse...

this is a perfect example for quad modeling
are you using this spacemouse?

HornOxx

@cotty said:

A simple heater...

... maybe simple - but very smart to build just a quarter of only one heater segment and to copy-mirror everything to a whole heater - a nice model idea!

pilou

Useful for these frozzen times!

thomthom

Wonderful examples. Loving meshes that have the bare minimum of quads to define a shape.

Box

A soft knurled knob for a friend's gadget.
It will be a 3d print, the render was just for fun.

HornOxx

I and Google Translate have no idea what a "knurled knob" is but these "segment rings" look great - are all these individual "subDed" components?

pbacot

gnarly knurled knob, dude!

Rich O Brien

@HOx

Knurling is when you add the serrated edges to a surface to increase its grip.

@Box

That's a cool result. SU needs a poke tool to make this easier and quicker to achieve.

Click to play...

db11

Love the poke tool, Rich. Is it from Blender?

Box

@hornoxx said:

are all these individual "subDed" components?

No its all one piece. I used SUBD, JPP and Fredo scale Twist to make it, then SUbDed it to finish.
I can do a gif if interested. But on my phone just now.