Refining Meshes

You can refine a polygonal mesh, or a portion of it, i.e. increase its details by splitting its triangles.

  1. From the Digitized Data section of the action bar, click Refine .
  2. Select the polygonal mesh.
  3. Optional: Perform one or several selections of triangles.

    Tip: Use the Wireframe mode from the View section to display the number of triangles.

  4. Click Apply to preview the refinement.
    1. Optional: Click Apply in the dialog box as many times as desired to perform a more precise refinement.

The selection is preserved: Each selected triangle has been removed from the mesh and replaced with two triangles. The two new triangles lie in the same plane as the original triangle. Additional triangles besides those selected may be refined and these will not be placed in the selection after refinement.