help with combining smooth and flat mesh

[Anonymous]

hi, i have a problem when i combine two meshes, one is a flat shaded patern and the other is smooth shaded fabric. when combined they dosent stay as intended, they both become smooth. is there anyway to fix this? is there a way to have a smooth surfece and a Sharp patern on it at the same time?

[mspeer]

Hi!

You can control (apply) hard or soft edge per vertex and by using an angle value.

Mesh Display > ...

[Anonymous]

that seems to be a semi valuble option, but i was looking more for a way to have sharp edges while being on the "3" button option, seens it`s combined with fabric and fabric is smooth, but i still want the sharp metal mesh patern on the sleeves to stay sharp. any idea how to do that?

[darioOrtisi]

s sound strange. The smoothed version is smoothed by 3 key smooth preview?

[Anonymous]

Not really, what I’m trying to explain is that I want a select part of a smoothed mesh not to be smooth.

Explanation what I need it for

It’s to a character that has a golden star :star:️ pattern on the end of her fabric sleeve, except the the gold acts like fabric (because magic) and it must be made of polygons because it’s 3d ( therefore can’t be painted on). And sense fabric looks best in smooth shading and the pattern is meant  to have sharp edges, it creates a dilemma when they are supposed to be combined together, cuz it causing them to only one of the and not both at the same time that I need  

tldr: I want sharp edges/vertex  on a specific part of a smoothed fabric mesh 

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Please check the Maya online help for crease or just add more geometry to preserve detail when using Smooth Mesh Preview.

[Anonymous]

More geometri, the one thing i didn’t want to add, I guess it has to be a billion giga bite. Thanks for trying to help me guys, even if it didn’t work out. 

[mspeer]

Hi!

Sorry, why does crease not work?

Please provide more details about your issue, add screenshots and maybe a Maya scene-file.

[Anonymous]

It just wasn’t as hard as I hoped for 

picture: pattern in 1 and 3 mode 

[darioOrtisi · Accepted solution]

On the smooth mesh preview option on the shape node there is an option to update number on subdivision in viewport. Set 4 or 5 subdivision, it should be smoother without glitch on the crease edges.