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Selectively makes edges soft or hard.

An edge is hard if the angle between two owning facets is sharper (larger) than the smoothing angle. An edge is soft if the angle between two owning facets is flatter (smaller) than the smoothing angle.

Node nameParentsClassificationMFn typeCompatible function sets
polySoftEdgepolyModifierWorldgeometrykPolySoftEdgekBase
kNamedObject
kDependencyNode
kMidModifier
kPolySoftEdge

Related nodes

polyBevel, polyPlanarProj, polyProj, polyQuad, polySubdEdge, polyMoveVertex, polyMoveEdge, polyExtrudeEdge, polyMoveFace, polyChipOff, polyExtrudeFace, polySewEdge, polySphProj, polyCylProj, polyMergeVert

Attributes (1)

angle

Long name (short name)TypeDefaultFlags
angle (a) angle (double)30.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Smoothing angle. An angle value greater than "angle", means that the edges are rendered hard; otherwise, they are rendered soft.