Timeline for Why does Blender crash when I use the Subdivision Modifier?
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| May 7, 2023 at 17:41 | answer | added | Kamau Kinyanjui | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 19:07 | answer | added | Mike Mandango | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 19:36 | comment | added | james_t | Mike, consider copy/paste your comment into the Answer below, so that this becomes an answered reference posting. | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 16:47 | comment | added | Mike Mandango | I found out that I was using GPU subdivision, turned it off and that completely solved the problem. | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 16:46 | comment | added | NeverConvex | It's difficult to be certain without knowing more (e.g., you might upload your .blend file), but 8 GB is not an especially large amount of RAM, and the subdivision modifier increases the number of vertices (etc) exponentially (something like a factor of 4 increase per subdivision level, but this depends on the object's geometry). So, my naive guess would be you are running out of RAM. You can also inspect the crash log to try to determine why Blender crashed: docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/troubleshooting/crash.html Or, for similar information, can start Blender from command line | |
| S Mar 14, 2023 at 16:37 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Mar 14, 2023 at 16:37 | history | asked | Mike Mandango | CC BY-SA 4.0 |