Maya averages the values of the vertices to produce a smoother surface without modifying the topology. Average Vertices is useful when you want to maintain the existing polygon count in a mesh.
To smooth by moving vertices
- Select the mesh or just the vertices you want to smooth.
- Select Mesh > Average Vertices. Note:
You can apply this action repeatedly to smooth more and more (use the ‘g’ hotkey to repeat the last action), or you can choose Mesh > Average Vertices >
and set a specific Smoothing amount.
Tip: The Mesh > Average vertices command is similar to the smooth feature in Autodesk 3ds Max, which works by averaging existing components.