Problem with smooth mesh preview

Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

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# 1 20-10-2013 , 09:27 PM

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Hey all,

I'm having trouble figuring this one out.

I have a model that looks like this:
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But when I apply a smooth preview it ends up looking like this:
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Any ideas how to fix that giant center divide? It seems that it's making curved lines between all the vertices.

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# 2 20-10-2013 , 09:49 PM

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You either have vertices that are not merged or you have interior faces that need to be deleted.

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# 3 20-10-2013 , 10:19 PM

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Yay!

You were right! I thought I had deleted them all but there was one more internal face down the center that I didn't see! Thank you! I was only looking for internal edges to delete

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# 4 20-10-2013 , 10:27 PM

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Happy to help!

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# 5 22-10-2013 , 05:49 AM

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# 6 28-10-2013 , 02:44 AM

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Good job,I appreciate your work because i have the same problem,but your post solve my problem.Thanks for sharing information,your information increase my knowledge.

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