Excellent idea!  MAX (yes sorry to say the forbidden word) has a plugin that
does a similar thing and I use it for the same reasons.

For anyone that wants to give it a go, try making a mesh that is like a
4-sided tube making a continuous knot.  (get what I mean?)  Then run it
through SSS and you should get a rather cool shape :)

I'm sure SSS will be a widely used Macro in this newsgroup from now on :)  I
look forward to some organic images in p.b.i 8)

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John VanSickle wrote in message <37C84FE4.2C6A78C8@erols.com>...
>After much pondering, I have developed a suite of macros for working
>with triangle meshes.  One of these macros will take a mesh of triangles
>and calculate the smoothing normals required.  Another will perturb the
>vertices of the mesh, making it rougher-looking.
>
>However, the macro of interest is the divider, which takes a rough mesh
>of large triangles and replaces it with a mesh of smaller triangles that
>give a more curved appearance.  This process can be repeated, yielding
>a fine mesh of triangles that simulate a large variety of curved
>surfaces.  Its primary purpose is to allow a user to create a smooth
>organic shape, containing many triangles, by defining a rougher mesh of
>far fewer triangles, and refining that in an automated way.
>
>The Subdivision Surface Suite (SSS) can be found at:
>
>  http://users.erols.com/vansickl/sss.htm
>
>Regards,
>John
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