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Johnny9ball · 07-04-2003, 08:54 PM

If the object has been frozen and then saved you need to roll up your sleeves and start over. So its a good lesson to be aware while modeling.

I forgot to mention that when the poly is Sub-divided each polygon is turned into triangles. A Sub-Division of 2 would divided the poly into 4 square polygons or 2x2=4 then each polygon is divided into 2 triangle or 2x4=8, a sub-division lvl of 4 would make 32 Triangle polygons. The reason it uses triangles is because a triangle polygons cannot be non-planer and therefore will always render correctly even if deformed for animation.

07-04-2003, 08:54 PM	#4
Johnny9ball Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Reno,Nevada Posts: 1,099	If the object has been frozen and then saved you need to roll up your sleeves and start over. So its a good lesson to be aware while modeling. I forgot to mention that when the poly is Sub-divided each polygon is turned into triangles. A Sub-Division of 2 would divided the poly into 4 square polygons or 2x2=4 then each polygon is divided into 2 triangle or 2x4=8, a sub-division lvl of 4 would make 32 Triangle polygons. The reason it uses triangles is because a triangle polygons cannot be non-planer and therefore will always render correctly even if deformed for animation. Last edited by Johnny9ball; 07-04-2003 at 09:06 PM.