topic Re: Mesh not smoothing in Modeling

Mesh not smoothing

adrianasofiasm_ — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:44:56 GMT

Hi! I want to create a rectangular mesh with smooth edges, but I can't seem to get those edges smooth. As you can see in the image, the edges appear straight. The settings in 3D appearance are marked to -all ridges smooth-, but to he honest I'm not even sure if that is what makes them smooth... Still getting familiar with the program.

Thanks.

Re: Mesh not smoothing

cuba — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:27:48 GMT

On the leftside without smoothing, on the rightside with smoothing. It doesn't really change the geometry, only the appereance

Re: Mesh not smoothing

Barry Kelly — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:08:48 GMT

And does not affect the perimeter or base (skirt) of the mesh.

It only smooths the triangulation between user ridges and nodes on the top surface when you have altered the heights.

Barry.

Re: Mesh not smoothing

Patrick M — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:08:52 GMT

If you need a “soft” cube, use a morph. You can either fillet all edges or just set it to soften the edges (not on my computer, forgetting the exact terminology)

Re: Mesh not smoothing

adrianasofiasm_ — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:38:10 GMT

I tried that. I created a cube (in 2D the dimensions were 9' by 9'), but when I tried to smooth out the faces, instead of it being a cube with smooth edges, it turned into a polygon with various faces.

Re: Mesh not smoothing

Barry Kelly — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:19:43 GMT

It depends on exactly what you are trying to do, but ...

Barry.

Re: Mesh not smoothing

Patrick M — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:50:39 GMT

that will work; and if you set edges to hidden or soft, it would look even less rigid.

if it's still a bit chunky/segmented at the radius, you can also go to design>modify morph > modify segmentation and bump up the polygons a bit ("double" is the only option, I think)