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Synopsis

polySubdivideFacet [flags]

Subdivides a face into quads or triangles.
In quad mode, a center point is introduced at the center of each face and midpoints are inserted on all the edges of each face. New faces (all quadrilaterals) are built by adding edges from the midpoints towards the center.
In triangle mode, only the center point is created; new faces (all triangles) are created by connecting the center point to all the existing vertices of the face.
Default : one subdivision step in quad mode (polySubdFacet -dv 1 -m 0;)

Return value

string The node name.

Related commands

polyAppend, polyAppendVertex, polyExtrudeEdge, polyExtrudeFacet, polyBevel, polySplit, polySplitVertex, polyCreateFacet, polySubdivideEdge, polyTriangulate, polySmooth, polyChipOff

Flags

constructionHistory, divisions, mode, name

Long name (short name)[argument types]Properties
-divisions (-dv) intquerycreateedit
This number specifies how many times to recursively subdivide the selected faces. For example, with divisions set to 3 in quad mode, each initial quadrilateral will be recursively subdivided into 4 subfaces 3 times, yielding a total of 4 * 4 * 4 = 64 faces.
C: Default is 1.
Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.
-mode (-m) intquerycreateedit
The subdivision mode.
0: subdivision into quads
1: subdivision into triangles
C: Default is 0.
Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.

Common flags

-name (-n) stringcreate
Name the resulting object.
-constructionHistory (-ch) booleanquerycreate
Turn the construction history on or off (where applicable).
Q: When queried, this flag returns an int.
Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command

Examples

	polyPlane -n plg -w 10 -h 10 -sx 1 -sy 3;
	//<I>quads</I>
	polySubdivideFacet -dv 2 plg.f[0]; // becomes 16 quads.
	//<I>triangles</I>
	polySubdivideFacet -dv 1 -m 1 plg.f[2]; // becomes 4 triangles