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idea #383: Rename "Subsurf"



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Written by nraven the 18 Nov 08 at 23:18. Category: Interface. Status: New
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Currently the term is applied for the Subdivison Surface Modifier and related activities, that's confusing for people migrating from other applications and it doesn't even make sense. "subsurf" makes me think rather of something like subsurface scattering than of subDIVISION.

What's worse people have started calling it "subsurfing" and stuff.. even in tutorials. Also there is tons of valueable knowledge about subdivision modeling principles from other applications on the web that new blenderheads might miss because they don't even know they are doing it. ;)

Personally I think it should be something along the lines of "SubDiv" if it has to be that short.


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Ghost_Train wrote on the 26 May 08 at 03:23
SubDuv

That's exactly what I was thinking it could be called
before I reached the end of what you wrote.

I really don't think it's that big of a deal, but I
put ^ anyway.

scrag_10 wrote on the 29 May 08 at 22:08
I am impartial to this, but subsurf sounds cooler and cool names have a higher success rate.


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