Nurbs vs Polygon modeling - Better, or equal-but-different? 2005-05-19 - By Matthew Chan
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Never say never,
A perfectly (as close as possible) round sphere can be modeled with
nurbs with a single click. While a polygonal sphere will likely need
some extra clicks to increase the number of subdivisions. Nurbs
excels particularly with objects which requires the curvature to stay
smooth at all resolutions.
With modern modeling toolsets, there isn't much difference between
the two, only minor disadvantages. Try out nurbs a bit more if you
have the time, it can be rewarding.
That said, I enjoy using polygons and subdivision surfaces more :)
There's something comfortable with using the polygonal tools which I
wasn't able to find with the nurbs tools. Each to their own :)
-mattam
On 5/19/05, RorrKonn <rorrkonn@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi Kris.
> I still model just like I did in ts4 days with polygons.
> Never use nurbs with any app.
> There's nothing that can be modeled with nurbs that can't be modeled with
> polygons,faster.
> There's alot that can't be modeled with nurbs that polygons can thou.
>
> RorrKonn
> http://www.atomic-3 (See http://mic-3.ora-code.com)d.com
> TS 6, C4D 9, zBrush 2.
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: KMKrieger
> To: truespace@(protected)
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:58 PM
> Subject: [TSML] Nurbs vs Polygon modeling - Better, or equal-but-different?
>
>
> Hi, all,
>
> I've stuck with polygon modeling, but I'm wondering, is nurbs modeling
> inherently superior or are they mostly just different roads to the same
> destination?
>
> It's my understanding (I have not yet tried nurbing believe it or not...)
> that nurbs makes ti easier to create rounded/organic forms, but can't this
> also be done via dividing and point-editing surfaces of a polygon?
>
> What is the actual difference between nurbs and polygon modeling? I've
> takena stab at the railnig and so on, but haven't been able to make sense
> of it or determine that it's superior to polygon manipulation for modeling
> buildings and landscapes. Am I just "in the dark"?
>
> Just curious because I've seen a lot of references to nurbs but I've missed
> discussion re: solid differences/benefits of nurbs versus polygon
> manipultion. Except that I've had a hard time getting the hang of the
> nurbs tools...
>
> I'm interested in different perspectives (and in whether it'd behoove me to
> hammer away at the nurbs tools until I "get it").
>
> TIA :) !!
>
> - Kris M. Krieger
>
>
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