selecting all the faces?

[larryvm]

use

ConvertSellectionToFaces

[ktpr]

does anyone understand the .smf[0:2][67108864] notation? Is this a weird matrix or something?

ktpr

[mark_wilkins]

The <object>.smf[number][number] notation is how you designate faces of a subdivision surface.

If your object is called subdivSphere1 you can select all the faces by doing this:

select subdivSphere1.smf["*"]["*"];

-- Mark

[ktpr]

thanks.

You don't understand the uv ordering of subd surfaces, by any chance? I'm looking for a 1-1 relationship between subd uvs and it's adaptive poly copy. if I knew how subd uvs were ordered it would help. I think they are ordered by face but the uvs seem to over lap at times.

cheers
ktpr

[ktpr]

Does anyone how vertices are ordered on a subdivsion surface. I don't know much math so it be impossible for me to understand.

I find that the uvs go counter clock wise and tend to avoid touching on points that have already gone.

-> Script to highlight each uv on a subd surface; Make a subdiv surface, right click, select all the uvs:

====
/*

this iterates through all the selected uvs of a subd surf

*/

// Switch tool to prevent warning messages
global string $gSelect; // Sacred Select Tool
setToolTo $gSelect;


global proc test1(){

string $uv_list[] = `ls -sl`;

for ( $node in $uv_list) // process each selection
{
print ("\nthis is group: " + $node + "\n");
select("-r", $node);
string $sublist[] = `filterExpand -ex true -sm 73`;

for( $node in $sublist ){

select( "-r", $node);
print ("\n" + $node );

refresh( "-cv");
pause("-sec", 1);

}
}

}

// end of script
===

I was trying to "hack the pattern" but it didn't work.

ktpr - being tenacious.

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