Access Methods

 Ribbon: Home tabMesh panelRefine MeshNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace

 Menu: ModifyMesh EditingRefine MeshNot available in menus in the current workspace

 Toolbar: Smooth Mesh

Summary

Refining a mesh object increases the number of editable faces, providing additional control over fine modeling details. To preserve program memory, you can refine specific faces instead of the entire object.

Refining an object resets the smoothing level that was assigned to the object to 0 (zero). This level of smoothness becomes the new baseline for the object. That is, the smoothness level can no longer be decreased beyond that level. Refining a subobject does not reset the smoothing level.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Mesh object or face subobjects to refine

Specifies 3D mesh objects or mesh faces to be refined. Press Ctrl+click to isolate a specific face.