converting ploygons into sub divisions

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# 1 24-08-2005 , 04:29 PM

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hey , when i got to the end of part 4 on "the free frog - high res"
tutorial it asks you to sub divide and when i do that succsesfually i get holes apearing can anyone tell me why and i even lost some work on this trying to re-shape his hand to it looks better again once i tried converting, heres a pic

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# 2 24-08-2005 , 05:50 PM

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It happens when u use "Cleanup" option. Or u have some nomanifold geometry there.

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# 3 24-08-2005 , 06:14 PM

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but the only way i can get the clean up to work is by puttin that option on are there any other ways that i can clean up and still make a succsessful conver from polygons to sub divisions

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# 4 24-08-2005 , 06:15 PM

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I think that there's a painful way to make it manually... user added image

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# 5 24-08-2005 , 06:16 PM

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anything to get my frog done , am keen to learn

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# 6 24-08-2005 , 06:18 PM

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Before converting, go into the display settings and enable "border edges." This will make borders slighty thicker then other edges. If you see borders in the middle of your mesh where they should not be, then you probably need to reverse the normals or merge some vertices. Another thing to be watchful for is the "keep faces together" option which can sometimes cause similar results for extrusions later coverted to subDs.

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# 7 24-08-2005 , 06:20 PM

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thanks for the help , ill try it out and if i get it working ill remember to thank you ,and you sound like you made the tutorial yourself , did u?

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# 8 24-08-2005 , 06:23 PM

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YES , thnak youuuuuuu very much it worked

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# 9 24-08-2005 , 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by linx02
thanks for the help , ill try it out and if i get it working ill remember to thank you ,and you sound like you made the tutorial yourself , did u?

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Nope, just a plain old forum member like you. Good to see you got it worked out.