mesh polygons

[marlow]

In the tutorials that i have done so far that use splines and the surface modifier the tutor recommends that you should use four sided polygons whenever possible in your mesh construction. I have forgotton the reason why this is and the tutorial in which it was explained. Is this something that i should be aiming for when using other techniques in my mesh constructions?

[chrisg]

Hi marlow,

Four sided polygons smooth and deform better. With four sided construction, you can easily go to triangles if you need to for game engines or whatnot.

[marlow]

Hi chrisg,

thanks for that.