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newbzy
06-20-2010, 11:28 PM
Hey everyone

Im really confused with the use of the key '3' in Maya. It shows what your low poly geometry would look like if you smoothed it. I thought it was an actual tool and before I would render I would just hit 3 and render out my animation/model. In other words I never smooth anything I just hit '3'and leave it as is. I have now come to understand that you should smooth your work and only use 3 as a temporary viewing tool.

Is this the right or wrong thing to do, or doesnt it matter?

Thanks in advance :)
Dare-o
06-21-2010, 12:03 AM
The '3' key's real name is Smooth Mesh Preview, so yes your correct its usually only used a temporary viewing tool. When your ready to to uv i usually convert the smooth mesh preview to polygons, you can do that under the modify > convert tab.
mowax74
06-21-2010, 01:04 PM
with mentalray in maya 2011 you can render the smooth-mesh-preview directly. its very useful, so you can work with the lowpoly-version and hit '3' to render it.
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