Hello;
While i was preparing a video tutorial series for a very basic modelling tutorial i constantly stumbled over following issue:
- Assume you had already defined seams on a model.
- Assume further you use a subsurf modifier on the model and you have used Crease to add the edge definitions.
Now whenever i modify the mesh itself especially when i remove edge loops, then i constantly loose parts of the seams and crease information. So i have to redo these settings frequently.
Since the fixing of the seams/crease info meanwhile takes a significant amount of my modelling time, i wonder if i am doing something wrong here, or if i am doing correct but Blender is not clean in this area. Or am i using a wrong or not optimal workflow ? How would it be done better ? I know that i could avoid a lot of work if i had planned ahead on the base shape, but what if i get into this trouble in the middle of my work ? And can not or want not restart from zero ? And what if i want to do optimizations ?
To demonstrate what i mean i add 2 youtube links to some of my draft videos:
This is the part where i have to redo crease information frequently while optimizing a subsurfed mesh:
And here is the part where i have to redo seams information frequently while optimizing the same mesh after i applied the subsurf modifier.
The reason why i want to have the seam definitions intact all the time:
1.) I frequently use the ability to select subsets of faces which get separated by the seams
2.) I want to keep a visual information on where i will later have my final seams for UV-unwrapping.
thanks to whoever finds the time to take a look at this!