MMST 3ds Max Class Blog

Open Subdiv is a project by Autodesk and Pixar to create an industry standard for generating subdivision surfaces across several platform.  Subdivision surfaces appeared during the 1990's in polygonal modeling as a way to generate curvature similar to what was being generated using patch or NURBS surfaces (i.e. polygons don't bend, but can be cut up to give the look of a curve..  This works by tessellating only parts of a surface where, when and as much as necessary to accomodate the appearance of a smooth curve.  More than a decade later, there is no standard for how to accomplish this.  This 40+ minute webinar discusses the approach and the goal of creating this standard.