types of modeling
1.SUB DIVISION modeling

Here is a decent video describing SUBD vs POLY modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNOvEUkvj60

2.HARD SURFACE modeling

Hard surface describes...

Jay would certainly know the answer to this for the film industry. But intuitively if you are modeling assets in a pipeline I would assume that there would be an agreed upon scale factor to ensure...

If that scares you try Maya 2017. I popped on it the other day and felt like a total noob. I could not find a bunch of tools I am used to like cutting planes and such. I feel like I will have to...

screenshots please

Really need to see the model and specific example of what edges you are trying to detach to be able to provide help.

Alternatively, you could localize the changes by doing this ...

kinda...

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-9EE8C21E-89F8-4494-A990-84866C6F7376-htm.html

Maya's conform to surface is...

Lots of ways to resolve this. The easiest would be...

1. pick the one vertex in the center
2. hold shift-key and the right mouse button. A menu will pop up. pick "chamfer vertex"

This will...

Great job Dave. I would have never figured this out.

hmmm screen shot is empty. If u don't mind making the file public, upload it and we can take a look and try to see what is wrong. Have you been saving in MB or MA format. Sometimes when you have...