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What is subdivision modifier?
The Subdivision Surface modifier (often shorten to “Subdiv”) is used to split the faces of a mesh into smaller faces, giving it a smooth appearance. It enables you to create complex smooth surfaces while modeling simple, low-vertex meshes.
What does Edge split do in blender?
The Edge Split modifier splits, duplicates edges within a mesh, breaking ‘links’ between faces around those split edges. The edges to split can be determined from the edge angle (i.e. angle between faces forming that edge), and/or edges marked as sharp.
Should you sharpen an edger blade?
No they don’t need sharpening. All edger blades are like these. A sharp edge on an edger blade is about as useless as teats on a boar hog. If you sharpened it, the sharp surface would last about 30 seconds grinding against your concrete, then it would be blunt just like these blades, and it would edge anyway.
What do blue edges mean in Blender?
This means in Shading/UVs those edges have been marked as Sharp: The Sharp mark is used by the split normals and the Edge Split modifier, which are part of the smoothing or customized shading techniques.
What happens when you add a subdivision surface modifier?
Adding a Subdivision Surface modifier in this fashion will not modify the Render subdivisions. If an object already has a Subdivision Surface modifier, doing this will simply change its subdivision level instead of adding another modifier. Catmull-Clark subdivision rounds off edges, and often this is not what you want.
How does the Catmull Clark subdivision surface modifier work?
Catmull-Clark subdivision rounds off edges, and often this is not what you want. There are several solutions that allow you to control the subdivision. Weighted edge creases for subdivision surfaces allows you to change the way the Subdivision Surface modifier subdivides the geometry to give the edges a smooth or sharp appearance.
How to make the edges of a subdivision surface smooth?
Weighted edge creases for subdivision surfaces allows you to change the way Subsurf subdivides the geometry to give the edges a smooth or sharp appearance. The crease weight of selected edges can be changed using Transform Properties (N) and change the Median Transform slider. A higher value makes the edge “stronger” and more resistant to subsurf.
How do you add subdivision surface in Blender?
Use the Weighted Edge Creases values stored in edges to control how smooth they are made. Interpolates existing Custom Split Normals of the resulting mesh. To quickly add a Subdivision Surface modifier to one or more objects, select the object (s) and press Ctrl – 1 . That will add a Subdivision Surface modifier with Viewport subdivisions set to 1.