sub dividing and smooth preview

[selvakvigneshmaya]

is sub dividing the mesh and smooth mesh preview same .Iam currently new to maya so forgive me if its so childish .From my understanding sub division modeling is adding divisions to existing primitives so WHAT IS sub dividing the mesh and IS  smooth mesh preview the same thing .HERE IS THE TUTORIAL WHERE I HEARD ABOUT IT https://youtu.be/rE7bmXffaI4

[ShinyShadow41 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In maya there is two basic commands for subdividing;

  1- "Add Divisions" command: Adds divisions to mesh while keeping it's shape

  2- "Smooth" command: Adds divisions to mesh and smooths the hard edges.

And the "Smooth Mesh Preview"  shows you, what if you Smooth this mesh with 2 levels of subdivision. So it just gives you a quick preview of smoothed version of the selected mesh but not actually applies smoothing operation.