j.chor.r

Sorry for the belated reply. My use of Houdini is very sporadic.

But I am not wrong (never! - ). This operation is not sub-d.

The original cube in my image from MAX has *the same number of faces* as its relaxed (not sub-divided) version. I made it myself, I should know. Both have lots of polygons, yes.

The “relaxing”operation does not modify topology.

Hm… Thanks. But in the image I posted the cube and the relaxed mesh have the same number of polygons.

I actually managed to make things work In Houdini by changing connectivity of the Polygon mesh to Triangles. Seems the same as Relax in MAX then, only some rippling around corners…

As for the geometry from the original post. Yes, it is somewhere. But only in sketches… So, never made it here.

Not sure it is a good idea to bring to life an old post but it is somewhat relevant…

If I want to relax a mesh, how do I go about it in Houdini? Here is the result of the Relax modifier in 3Ds MAX (and this is what I am after). In Houdini, Smooth does not do it if I use a mesh box. What am I missing?

Thanks.