subdiv question

[stunndman]

Originally posted by iC4-
just got my xsi experience cd and watched some movies, and there I saw some really nice stuff

he worked on a polygon model, pressed the + key, the model got subdivided, pressed + again and it got more subdivided, than he pressed the - key and the subidivison got decreased.....

is this possible in maya? because I hate to work only with the cage......I wanna work on my poly object and want be able to switch between subdiv and polys.......is this possible? :)

I mean if I converted my model into a subdiv model, can I delete the subdivisions and work on the poly model? or hide them so I see only the polys?

hmm - many questions in here - basically i'd say yes to all

first do you mean CPS or maya's subdiv ?

you sure can do the +/- thing with CPS - there's a smoothing value in CPS which you can bind to any hotkey

maya's subdiv surfaces are perfectly smooth anyway (except if weighing is changed?!) - the +/- shortcuts would apply to the Component Display Level

if you convert your poly model to subdiv you will have both - the poly cage and the subdiv surface - you can edit either the poly cage or the subdiv (a hierarchical edit, aight?)

i've setup a subdiv screen with 2 panels - one has hidden polygons and therefore only showing the subdiv surface - the other panel has hidden subdivs (Show->Subdiv Surfaces) showing the poly cage only

not sure if that answers your question though

[iC4]

I mean mayas subdiv

ok, I will try to explain it simple:
all I want is to work on a shaded cage :)

because if I use subidv I only see the wireframe of the "polys", but I can't work so.......I want to see only the low res polys, and want then be able to switch to the highres subdiv

[stunndman]

Originally posted by iC4-
I mean mayas subdiv

ok, I will try to explain it simple:
all I want is to work on a shaded cage :)


warum sogstn des ned glei :airguitar

sure - apply a shader to your proxy cage - then do the 2 panel setup as i described above - your shaded subdiv will be shown in one panel and the shaded poly cage will be in the other panel

[stunndman]

http://godonacid.com/shared/subdiv2panesetup.jpg

[iC4]

danke :)


but now I have another problem.....tryed to write a script which toggles between subdiv and polys

it consists two parts

part1: from suddiv to poly
SubdivSurfacePolygonProxyMode;
hyperShade -assign initialShadingGroup;
performPolySoftEdge 0;
select -cl ;
changeSelectMode -object;
modelEditor -e -subdivSurfaces 0 modelPanel4;

part2: from poly to subdiv
SubdivSurfaceHierarchyMode;
modelEditor -e -subdivSurfaces 1 modelPanel4;


each part works, but if I try to combine them to one script I have some problems

I can get the sudiv mode (proxy or standard) with the subdiv query

subdiv -query -proxyMode polyToSubdShape1;

if I execute this command it returns 0 or 1, exactly that what I want.

but if I put this in my script it doesn't work
if(subdiv -query -proxyMode polyToSubdShape1)

how should I do this?

[stunndman]

AFAIK switching back and forth from standard mode to proxy mode is not a recommended procedure - at least when you have done hierarchical edits anywhere above level 1

but that's not from my own experience but hearsay

when doing subdivs i try to model as much as possible with the poly proxy - this gives you more freedom in case you want to switch to CPS or render your model out in other apps

your script problem

if(`subdiv -query -proxyMode polyToSubdShape1`) ...

or

if(eval("subdiv -query -proxyMode polyToSubdShape1")) ...

[iC4]

thx, works

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