SubD unrefine?

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# 1 02-10-2002 , 03:50 PM

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I know you can select a SubD face an refine it but is there a way to do the opposite? I mean can I unrefine or something if I have an area which is too dense?

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# 2 02-10-2002 , 03:55 PM

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Well .. you could delete groups of edges right?

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# 3 02-10-2002 , 03:59 PM

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In polygon mode yes. But i meant in the standard mode. Some areas just get's very tessellated. It would be very handy to do it there. Oh well...maybe I just need to work it out in the polymode then...

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# 4 02-10-2002 , 04:03 PM

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<-- ... too f*cking noob yet ...

(Since I´m cruising quite a lot Maya´s Online Help ..I´ll give you a shout if I see anything about it)

See you around ..

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# 5 02-10-2002 , 04:05 PM

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Have you tried right-clicking and choosing a lower level, say you are on 1, right-click and choose 0. Once you refine I think it stays refined, but you can view it at a lower level user added image

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# 6 02-10-2002 , 04:10 PM

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Yes I can view it in coarser level but the problem is that I get some unwanted bumbs and stuff due to the too dense subdivision...

/me goes back to poly editing user added image

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