Microsoft KB Archive/165355

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INFO: How The Effect -> Subdivision Command Affects Polygons
Last reviewed: March 18, 1997

Article ID: Q165355

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for IRIX, version 3.51
 * Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SUMMARY
The Effect -> Subdivision command is not a persistent effect such as PolygonReduction, they are different operations with different functionality. For example, if you apply Effect -> Subdivision to a polygon and choose a value of 4, then again apply the effect with a subdivision of 2, the subdivision of 2 will not replace the subdivision of 4. Alternately, it adds 2 subdivisions to the object not taking the previous 4 subdivisions into account. If you wish to change the number of subdivision, you must undo the operation and apply the desired value.