Is there a way to smooth polygons in Octane?

Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:28 am

Poser has a feature called smooth polygons that rounds up the mesh if it's low resolution.
It seems Octane doesnt have such option. Or does it? Is there an option to smooth polygons?

Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:56 am

You can turn smoothing on/off at the material level (see question 1 in the FAQ https://docs.otoy.com/#44FAQ and https://docs.otoy.com/#44Glossy%20Material). Or you can subdivide the mesh (either in Poser or Octane) - see Subdivision at https://docs.otoy.com/#44Octane%202.0%20Features.

Paul

Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:51 pm

Only thing i have in my materials is "smooth" but i have it enabled and it doesn't do anything... :/
There's no such thing as "Normal smoothing" neither in diffuse node or glossy.

Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:24 pm

Smooth does work with enabling smooth in each material
It does not do it as good as Poser, but in Octane you can turn on subdivision and it will look better

See attached pictures

Without subd

With subd

Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:42 pm

Only thing i have in my materials is "smooth" but i have it enabled and it doesn't do anything... :/
There's no such thing as "Normal smoothing" neither in diffuse node or glossy.

Normal Smoothing = Smooth. Also, make sure Setup->Smooth Default is ENABLED.

If you could post a screenshot of your prop we can get a better understanding of the smoothing issue you are having.

Paul