About Us

PolarBear53 · 04-04-2005, 01:12 PM

How do you boolean so that later on you can subpatch it? Whenever I boolean (which is really easy to make certain things) i can't subpatch it. Is there a trick to do both?

R4s1n · 04-04-2005, 07:10 PM

After doing a boolean operation it is hard to do subpatch because you will a ton of N-gons. After you apply Boolean go in and weld some points around and make some quads or triangles to get rid of N-gons.
They don't go together very well...

promethius · 22-04-2005, 09:43 PM

R4s1n, that is a good point after doing a Boolean.

The best thing to do, is to avoid Boolean, til you freeze the sub-patch. If you really need to do a Boolean, try to do subtracts from polys that do not intersect. That way you can use edge tool to create your quads. Try to avoid Tris as much as possible. Just a suggestion when modeling.

If you were like me as a noobie, I would flood my model with too many controls in the beginning. Afterwards, I would end up with too many polys. Keep practicing and you will noticed that you can make the same model with few control points. When you feel that the model needs alot of details, than freeze the model, but save lots of Sub-patch verisons.

I hope this helps.

04-04-2005, 01:12 PM	#1
PolarBear53 Full Access Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 315	Boolean and subpatching How do you boolean so that later on you can subpatch it? Whenever I boolean (which is really easy to make certain things) i can't subpatch it. Is there a trick to do both?

04-04-2005, 07:10 PM	#2
R4s1n Full Access Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manchester, PA Posts: 1,319	After doing a boolean operation it is hard to do subpatch because you will a ton of N-gons. After you apply Boolean go in and weld some points around and make some quads or triangles to get rid of N-gons. They don't go together very well... __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Boolean	peepo	LightWave Basics	2	07-01-2011 09:07 AM
Subpatching, Freezing and Polycounts	Powerdots	Modeling	2	31-12-2008 02:30 PM
Model Heads-Subpatching	guyman182	Modeling	2	08-02-2004 04:35 AM
Boolean and S Drill	Unreal_Cruelty	LightWave Basics	2	11-10-2003 08:15 AM
Subpatching problems	PolarBear53	LightWave Basics	11	25-09-2003 08:01 PM

About Us

Beginner Training

Connect with

Need help? Email us

Popular Tutorials

Learning Paths

Useful Links

22-04-2005, 09:43 PM	#3
promethius Full Access Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rhode Island, US Posts: 75	R4s1n, that is a good point after doing a Boolean. The best thing to do, is to avoid Boolean, til you freeze the sub-patch. If you really need to do a Boolean, try to do subtracts from polys that do not intersect. That way you can use edge tool to create your quads. Try to avoid Tris as much as possible. Just a suggestion when modeling. If you were like me as a noobie, I would flood my model with too many controls in the beginning. Afterwards, I would end up with too many polys. Keep practicing and you will noticed that you can make the same model with few control points. When you feel that the model needs alot of details, than freeze the model, but save lots of Sub-patch verisons. I hope this helps.