Adding Details To Box Modelling...? Meshmooth kills them!

[sam]

for wrinkles you need to bring at least 3 edge loops close together

for details like warts you need to similarly bring your edge loops and rings close together around the detail

if things are getting smoothed out its because your edge loops are not "homing in" on the detail like it should. Add more loops and compact them together where you need it.

For example lets say you have a 4 x 4 plane that has been converted into a poly object and you simply extrude one of the polys and then meshmooth you will get a very smoothed out bit of terrain.

However, if instead of doing one extrude do one very small extrude and then a larger extrude and then see what happens when you smooth it. (Should look like a half globe coming out of the ground)

Now try a small extrude and then a large extrude and then a small extrude and then smooth it. Hmm, even more interesting! (Should look like a nice chamfered cylinder coming out of the ground)

Now add some edge loops running closely on both sides of the vertical edges to your chamfered cylinder to make that cylinder into a chamfered box.

Now do a healthy inset on one of the sides of the chamfered box followed by a very small extrude and then a large extrude and then a small extrude to grow out a cylindrical arm from the box.

Keep playing. Once you see how you need to bring the edge loops and edge rings close together to control the smoothing it becomes very intuitive!

[biffen]

No no no no no.

Disregard that.

All you want is "Smoothing groups". Go down to 'Surface Properties' in polygon mode and designate some smoothing groops. If 2 bordering polygons have different smoothing group IDs, then there is an edge, instead of smoothing the border.

You'll see. Go and try it. Its easy to learn.

[Ian Jones]

Don't disregard either method. Try both the suggested ideas.

[Prs-Phil]

yeah both are fine, but if you want a really hard edge use the smoothing group way.

[conio]

you could also you creased-edges in Meshsmooth!

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