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# 1 14-04-2004 , 09:46 AM
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Hard edges after smoothing polygons

Sorry for re-posting. Maybe this is the right one..

Hello everybody...

I have a question about smoothing polygons.

I would like to keep certain edges hard after smoothing. Maya has an option under smoothing where you can keep hard edges, but Maya keep them exactly as they were before smoothing while I would like them hard but refined.

An example: take a polygonal sphere with 8 divisions in both directions, make all edges soft then take a circle of subseguential edges and turn them hard. At this point select the whole object and smooth it with 2 divisions or more with the option KEEP HARD EDGES on. In the result you see the hard edges but instead of a nice circle you still see an octagonal shape.

Please help me.

Thanks in advance