Tessellation Method

Select one of the following tessellation methods.

Uniform

Uniform tessellation produces a polygon with an equal number of faces for each of the subdivision surface’s base mesh faces (faces at level 0).

Polygon Count

Polygon Count is the same method as Uniform, but with a threshold value beyond which the conversion fails. Use Maximum Number Polygons to set this value. The resulting polygon will have at most this many polygons, but there is no guarantee that the number will be exact.

Adaptive

Adaptive tessellation produces a polygon with an equal number of faces for each of the finest level faces on the subdivision surface. The more refinement you’ve made to a region of the subdivision surface, the more faces the resulting polygon will have for that same region. Use Divisions Per Face to control the number of faces produced for each finest level face.

Vertices

Produces a polygon that matches the vertices on the subdivision surface. The polygon matches vertices to the level specified in the Level option.

Original Object

Select what you want done with the original selected object after tessellation. Use the Original Object settings to maintain a form of construction history, as these override the global construction history settings.

Replace

The subdivision surface is deleted when the polygonal surface is created. This is the default.

Hide

Hide keeps the subdivision surface, but hides it when the polygonal surface is created. The source object can be viewed in the Hypergraph and Outliner (select Input and Output Connections), and made visible in the modeling view by using Display > Show > Show Selection or All.

Show

Show keeps the subdivision surface and keeps it visible in the modeling view.