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pica$$0

09-12-2003, 08:48 PM

I've been through many tutorials and don't seem to understand the term Edge loops and poles. Can someone please give me a clear definition and why it's important?

Joel Hooks

09-12-2003, 09:31 PM

http://www.provinsal.com/images/loop_pole.jpg

pica$$0

09-12-2003, 09:32 PM

Thanks man

allenlikewo

09-13-2003, 02:45 PM

Well put!

EricChadwick

09-13-2003, 03:52 PM

Yeah, nice diagram. Although poles can also be anywhere a loop terminates, which happens when it hits a non-4-sided polygon.

In my experience, poles can produce pinching in the sub-divided surface. Also UV problems sometimes.

Here are some links about edge loops that've helped me:

Digital Sculpture Techniques
http://www.izware.com/news/indexa446.html

Subdivision modeling resource page
http://maxrovat.sns.hu/subdiv/

Modeling for Articulation
http://www.hippydrome.com/

The Human Head
http://coldfusion.art.msstate.edu/camenisch/thehumanhead/index.html

Digital Sculpting Forum
http://cube.phlatt.net/forums/spiraloid/viewboard.php?BoardID=2
A thread specifically about poles, showing the UV problems.
http://cube.phlatt.net/forums/spiraloid/viewtopic.php?TopicID=23

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