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Box modeling for subdivision surfaces

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Box modeling for subdivision surfaces

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- [Instructor] Box modeling is a term that's sometimes used to indicate subdivision surface modeling. That's because with subdives we almost always start from a box primitive like this one. As we saw in the previous movie, a box is composed of all quadrilateral polygons which is the optimum structure for subdives. Before modeling with subdives, we should determine the appropriate level of detail for the control cage. Remember that the box, or the original base object is merely a control cage or a means to an end for shaping the object with subdives. We need to determine how many points we need on that control cage. Too few vertices or control points, would make it impossible to resolve the curvature we need. We literally wouldn't have enough control. Too many vertices on the control cage, would mean we need to micromanage all of those points which would defeat the purpose of subdives. Too many vertices can result in a…

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