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# 1 22-10-2006 , 08:50 AM

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Hey im having a great deal of problem converting poly to subdiv, in my scene i have bout 8 objects all of them polys. All 7 converts fine but the one i actuly want to convert nothing seems to happen when i click to convert. it has about 60 faces any help would be great user added image

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# 2 14-05-2007 , 09:22 PM

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Look at the help bar after you try to change to subds. It usually tells you what to do. You probably need to do
Polygons ->Cleanup and select the nonmanifold geometry option. Also, make sure that the geometry is kept to 4-sided polys, as subds can really mess up odd-sided polys.

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