{"id":170306,"date":"2024-04-22T07:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T07:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=170306"},"modified":"2024-05-27T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:19:48","slug":"advanced-geometry","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/advanced-geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub D Modeling in Ansys Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Discovery\/SubD%20dsco%20files.zip&quot;\">SubD dsco files<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">The\u00a0<span class=\"uicontrol\"><b class=\"ph uicontrol\">Subdivision Surface<\/b><\/span>\u00a0tools offer a modeling technique where you can begin modeling with a basic shape having a subdivided surface. The subdivided surface is a curved limit surface represented by a coarser polygonal control cage. After creating the basic shape, you can use the various tools in the\u00a0<span class=\"uicontrol\"><b class=\"ph uicontrol\">Sub-D<\/b><\/span>\u00a0tab to further subdivide the surfaces and add detail to form more complicated shapes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-182484 aligncenter\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D-300x255.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D-24x20.png 24w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D-36x31.png 36w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D-48x41.png 48w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sub-D.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">You can also convert an existing faceted or solid model to a subdivided surface and perform editing operations to add in details as needed.<\/p>\n<p>The video illustrates how you can use this feature.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/share.vidyard.com\/watch\/9zsewYfnLsiLp32B1S9wRS?\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more understanding and how to use this feature with product design examples you can refer this <a href=\"\/courses\/index.php\/courses\/sub-d-modeling-in-ansys-discovery\/?template=discovery\">Sub D Modeling in Ansys Discovery <\/a>course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170306","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-control-cage","topic-tag-editing","topic-tag-geometry-modeling","topic-tag-organic","topic-tag-sub-d","topic-tag-subdivided","topic-tag-subdivision","topic-tag-surface"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_edit_lock":["1716823315:77045"],"_edit_last":["77045"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159549"],"_bbp_topic_id":["182174"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.47.145.5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["170306"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-05-22 07:52:49"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["0"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":[""],"siebel_km_number":[""],"_siebel_km_number":["field_63ecbffce60db"],"salesforce_km_number":[""],"_salesforce_km_number":["field_63ecc018e60dc"],"_btv_view_count":["3713"],"application_name":[""],"_application_name":["field_64a80903c8e15"],"family":[""],"_family":["field_64a809229a857"],"km_published_date":[""],"_km_published_date":["field_64c77704499dd"],"product_version":[""],"_product_version":["field_64c776cb4fd2e"],"_wp_old_date":["2023-05-22"],"filter_by_optics_product":["Lumerical"],"_filter_by_optics_product":["field_64fb192ba3121"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["60"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"watchlearnansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182174,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170306\/revisions\/182174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}