Blender - Fixing The UV Sphere - #13 Subdivision Surface Modelling in Blender

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The UV Sphere has always been avoided in subdivision surface modelling because of the pinching which happens at the poles. I have a fix for that!
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[@dazecm]

Your mention about discussing Industry Standards regarding normals in the future sounds interesting. Looking forward to that.

[@ianmcglasham]

Yeah I think that information can be hard to find and it is so useful to know what limitations you have before you start. I'll do that one soon.

[@mrdata9823]

I think this channel is insultingly underrated :C thanks alot for the tips, man!

[@superneph4902]

This fixed the pinching issue I had with the UV Sphere thanks!

[@D4mations]

Just binged a bunch of ur videos. Amazing work!!

[@sloppy_mac737]

oh my god you have no idea what a godsend this video was XD I'm new-ish to blender and was scouring the internet for a workable solution to this so tysm!!

[@edherdman9973]

A little sad that these aren't industry-standard due to the normal tricks. But still a great and useful technique to know and I can't wait to see how you build on this!

[@ianmcglasham]

Thank you Ed. I agree that it is a shame that this aspect of modelling was never standardised. Normals are really complicated under the hood so I understand it. But it is still a shame.

[@brianbuckman6908]

Thank you so much that was amazing. I'm a new viewer but can already tell I'm going to be a big fan

[@ianmcglasham]

Cheers Brian. I've been taking a bit of a break. Back in September!

[@markokovacevic3225]

Jam packed with amazing info, as always! Thank you Ian for making these tutorials!

[@ianmcglasham]

Thanks Marko! I Love this one. It solves a problem that has bothered me for years!

[@markokovacevic3225]

@@ianmcglasham I wasn't even aware that it can be fixed, so a BIG thank you for showing how to do it :)

[@nyuh]

WOW this is super helpful! thank you! im using a cylinder instead of a uv sphere but the trick still works!

[@madfinntech]

I randomly stumbled on this video, and it's a godsend; I can finally fix the shading issues on planet Earth I modeled a while back.

[@BlenderBob]

Love your clips!

[@ianmcglasham]

Thanks again Blender Bob. This one is fun. I stumbled across it while trying to work out what on earth that modifier did!

[@Markoz87]

Another great portion of knowledge :) Thank you, and can't wait for more! 👍

[@ianmcglasham]

Thanks Markoz87! Your support really means a lot. The next one is going to be a bit longer. I do hope that is OK for everyone. There is so much to pack in to explain making the rook properly!

[@Markoz87]

@@ianmcglasham Videos with that kind of knowledge are never to long 👍

[@RezzhulGames]

Great video as always Ian :)

[@ianmcglasham]

Thanks again as always Blue Spark :)

[@concernedcitizen9101]

Thank you sir! You are great.

[@ravivandersalm4586]

subbed, Tips and tricks like these are why I should go to school

[@Dabbl1ng]

Thank you!

[@tonyennis1787]

@Ian McGlasham You've clearly been doing this professionally for quite a while. I am a perma-amateur; I have a day job and I'm old; there simply aren't enough hours remaining for me to know it all. I want to model in Blender specifically to create gaming miniatures and 3D print them. What are some search words you'd recommend for me? I'd wager I can become competent if I focus on what I need.

[@ianmcglasham]

Cheers Tony. It is really hard to find good resources on the internet as most people teaching here are self-taught and the community seems to perpetuate popular (and usually incorrect) methods rather than industry methods. A bit of a shame but something I am trying to help to fix! A lot of the terms that would be helpful to know are: "The Framework Mesh", "Topological flow", "Concave Polygons", "2-manifold constructs", "N-Poles", "E-poles", "Local Geometries", "Termination", "Boundary Loops", "Ridge Clusters", "Radial Connection reduction", "Linear connection reduction", "Panel Beating", "Cubic Averaging" and "Cubic Patches"!! There are a lot but these are the advanced basics on which most subdivision surface modelling tasks are based. You wont find much out there as these techniques do not seem to have filtered from the studios to the internet in any meaningful way for some reason. I am working on a website at the moment to try to help demisitfy a lot of professional modelling approaches. It is a long way from being completed but since you took the time to comment on my video, you can have a look before I finish and publish it (It will change a lot but you might get some useful bits and pieces from it.) - Take a look here: ianmcglasham.wixsite.com/subdivision

[@tonyennis1787]

@@ianmcglasham Thank you so muchg for such a response. I appreciate it. I've watched your entire chess set series now, it's really remarkable. And I may not know a lot, but even I can see that your geometries are _right_.

[@apocalypsemystic]

@@ianmcglasham Is there any chance this website is still up somewhere or are the files available? Seems to be a 404 on wix.

[@Fxnarji]

Great Video! Im wondering, are there still plans to make this follow-up video explaining why this trick is not industry standart? ^^

[@mediaman1346]

Hi Ian...great tutorial...but what if I want to model this same model to industry standard (no normal changes)..do you have a video that shows that workflow and with a Quad sphere?

[@sudipto30]

Too good a tutorial, you looks modelling looks so simple and obvious.

[@ianmcglasham]

Thank you sudipto. I think everyone has slowly complicated these simple tasks with unnecessary tools and the use of booleans. It's not that difficult once you weed out the techniques that don't help.

[@Seven7601]

I actually found that making the sphere too smooth from the beginning will fix this problem, 64 rings

[@bojanristic5764]

Bruh... you solved an issue I was struggling with for years... After being through graphic design and coming back to 3D, on one of my first task I had to approach a model based on a sphere and I remembered about that issue... I knew about different sphere but never found someone fixing the UV Sphere itself... I found you literally the same day I had to work on it, 3 days after you published the video... Thank you ❤️

[@ianmcglasham]

Yes! I am Delighted. I only came up with the method very recently too. So glad it was of some use to you. Cheers!

[@gibson2623]

Nice ;)

[@ianmcglasham]

Thanks Gib Son. I have some great stuff coming up too. Honest!!

[@yethecute]

Hi, as I understand it will not work with a hemisphere?

[@ianmcglasham]

Hi Dominic. It will work with a hemisphere but you need an additional empty placed at the location of the full sphere's original location. This empty is then specified in the "Target" section of the "Normal Edit" modifier. This will work correctly. Cheers. Ian.

[@yethecute]

@@ianmcglasham Wow! Cool solution! Thank you so much! like, subscribe)

[@eitantal726]

why not delete the poles and nearby rings, and replace them with a grid-fill? Then cast into a sphere. (Doing that effectively gives you a cube-sphere)

[@concernedcitizen9101]

Wow this actually fixed it for me. His method was not working for me but this fixed it. Thank you kind stranger.

[@kazimierzg9280]

Why is that better than just deleting a bunch of faces and making a grid fill? I mean, it's not a 100% sphere at that point, but the change is miniscule...

[@takeshikosugi4150]

As a non-native english listener I have no words to thank you :) And it would even more kind of you if you'd speak just a little bit slower Anyway, your channel is a blessing for me so thank you so much

[@ianmcglasham]

I'll try to slow down in important areas!

[@jcsekinger]

oah !!!

[@ianmcglasham]

Cheers!