Form Environment Subdivide Width vs Length

[naughtyp]

Is there a method to the madness of how the faces are subdivided width vs length wise? I guess it depends on where the faces are some how in relation to the edges or other faces.. 

picture below shows how random it appears (2 length and 1 width selected)

thanks

 

[TrippyLighting]

@adam.helps can you look at this?

@naughtyp can you share the model?

[naughtyp]

This happens to me all the time, so not isolated to this model. Not sure if its a bug or something I need adjust my workflow to help. I usually just work around it by subdividing twice, once for either direction but its a pita clicking through to see which one will go which way first.  

thanks for the help

[adam.helps · Accepted solution]

A similar issue was recently reported internally as well. I’ve been digging into how it works and I think it’s just buggy. This is something I’m working on fixing.

Here’s how I think it should work:

1. If it’s impossible to make the length/width consistent (based on the current selection), then it should switch to only allowing “number of subdivisions.” Examples of inconsistent selections are those that include a triangle or those that include all faces touching the corner of a cube.

2. If it is possible to be consistent with the current selection, then to differentiate between “length” and “width” it will try to orient the selection along its longer axis (i.e. if the selection is 3 faces by 2 faces, the “3” is the “long” axis). There’s a tiebreaker rule but it’s based on the underlying surface structure.

3. Rule 2 mainly matters if you have multiple disjoint selections; it’s more likely they’ll be consistent with each other.

I’m actually working on it this week, but it might be a while before I can get it to you. Wish me luck!

[naughtyp]

Excellent, that sounds great.  I quite often map out large awkward parts in general with faces then go back and divide alone edges when I need to sharpen up corners, which is when I usually want to subdivide along the direction of the edge.  There is probably another way to achieve what I want too (ill head down the youtube rabbit hole one day when I have time...), but I look forward to seeing your changes!

Thanks!

Philip