Subdivision Surface Modeling

Subdivision Surface Modeling

This is a modeling technique for making high-poly hard-surface models. For game artists, this usually means mechanical/constructed items, which can then be baked into normal maps and other.

Primers

Subdivision Surfaces: Overview video from The GuerrillaCG Project

Subdivision Topology Artifacts video from The GuerrillaCG Project

Hard Surface Fundamentals for 3ds Max by Grant 'sathe' Warwick

Técnicas modelado por subdivisión by Cristóbal Vila (English translation by Google)

Sub-Division Primer from Subdivisionmodeling.com

gotwires.info Got Wires is all about Subdivision Modeling: Video Tutorials, Sub-D Wires and Modeling Resources.

Subdivision surface - Wikipedia has good technical info about sub-d.

Shared: My Technical Talk content by Per 'Perna' Abrahamsen.

Hard Surfaces

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FAQ: How u model dem shapes? Hands-on mini-tuts for mechanical sub-d AKA ADD MORE GEO from the Polycount Boards<
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Hard Surface Sculpting – ZBrush by Selwy<
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Making paneling lines as a floater for 3ds Max by Ralphie 'boyluya' Agenar. From the Polycount Forum thread Firefall - Hard surface Art Dump.<
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  >Using ProBooleans in 3ds Max for sub-d modeling Polycount forum thread.<
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3D Tutorials from Per Abrahamsen aka Per128<
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  >Minitutorials by Marcus Aseth - by Marcus Aseth. Modeling gun parts, etc. <
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  >hard surface modelling hints pt1 - by 'slipgatecentral'. Creating floaters in Maya, short video tutorial. <
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How to create circular holes by subdivision by Etereae Studios (translated into English by Google)<
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Subdivision Tips – Hard Surface Modelling by Alberto 'Blaizer' Lozano (translated into English by Google)<
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Creating a Next-Gen Sci-Fi Prop video tutorial by Evan 'racer445' Herbert. Shows the "double smooth" modeling trick for 3ds Max: use smoothing groups to define hard edges, add a TurboSmooth modifier set to preserve smoothing groups, then another without on top.<
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  >Double Smooth - by Ben 'poopinmymouth' Mathis<
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Model a Detailed High Poly Fire Hydrant in 3ds Max - by Ben Tate<
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  > Matte Metal Tutorial - by Philip 'Philipk' Klevestav<
  >Modeling and texturing a sci-fi metal plate wall using 3ds Max and Photoshop. More modeling and texturing tutorials at http://www.philipk.net/tutorials.html.<
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ModelingBathroomTiles - by okkun<
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modeling hi poly weapons is painful, any tips? from the Polycount Boards<
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Technical highpoly workflow tutorial and scripts from the Polycount Boards<
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  > Modeling chainmail in 3ds Max - by Steffen "Neox" Unger<
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Organic Surfaces

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The Making of Moff - High Polygon Realistic Character Creation - by Darren "Daz" Pattenden<
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Modeling shoe laces, boot laces... etc. from the Polycount Boards<
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  >Digital Sculpture Techniques by Bay Raitt and Greg Minter<
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  >The Pole from the Subdivisionmodeling.com forum. Saved here: attachment:SubdivisionModelingDotCom_The-Pole.pdf (10MB PDF)<
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  >The Pole - Revised from the Subdivisionmodeling.com forum<
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  >attachment:SubdivisionModelingDotCom_Topology-Body.pdf (1MB PDF) from the Subdivisionmodeling.com forum.<
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  >attachment:SubdivisionModelingDotCom_Topology-Head.pdf (8MB PDF) from the Subdivisionmodeling.com forum.<
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More Information

• FAQ: How u model dem shapes? Hands-on mini-tuts for mechanical sub-d AKA ADD MORE GEO Polycount forum thread
• BaseMesh
• CharacterSculpting
• PolygonCount
• ReTopologyModeling

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