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Object with Subdiv Surface won't be smoothed
Turns out... it's the material.
I would have never imagined this but the normal map seems to annoy the smoothing of the mesh and I can't understand why.
Below you can see the same mesh with only ...
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How to eliminate 'stars' on sharp-cornered surfaces
You cannot eliminate stars (aka poles), not on any kind of reasonably interesting mesh, not on anything manifold. You will need some places where 3 faces connect, some places where 5 faces connect.
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how to create rounded beveled inset
Maybe use a 16 vertex cylinder instead of 8 and inset and extrude inwards these faces:
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Topology Problem. Surface not smooth
You can use this kind of topology, where the mesh goes around the corners:
I suggest you don't matter of the circular part at the begining, as you can always make it circular at the end using loop ...
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Two questions about the operation of the Subdivision Surface Modifier
If the modifier is able to smooth the edge of the donut without being
applied, why does it have to be applied in order to get the higher
density needed for the droopy icing?
The modifier creates new ...
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Two questions about the operation of the Subdivision Surface Modifier
As Falk says, unapplying the Subdivision Surface will allow you to keep working on a much simpler mesh and also it's lighter for the RAM. Only apply the modifier if you need to, for example if you ...
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Two questions about the operation of the Subdivision Surface Modifier
I haven't done the tutorial, but a subdivisions surface modifier will virtually add more geometry to your mesh, it also makes everthing in your mesh to quads. But sometimes you are not just needing ...
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how to remove this artifact (screenshot) when adjusting mean crease
Given your curent topology, you can either crease the whole angle loops, or add support loops:
You can also modify the topology and make the angles like this:
Edit: You can't select the edge loops ...
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Getting completely different results on manual editing vs script
This is due to:
smooth_modifier.factor = 10
Use instead
smooth_modifier.iterations = 10
As you can see below, "Factor&...
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