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For some reason, when I add the Subdvision Surface modifier, I'm getting this. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Aquawu
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Subdivision surface only works well with quads, and from the looks of it your model isn't constructed in the most clean way. There are a few things you can try short of remodelling the mesh:

  1. Remove doubles
  2. Recalculate Normals
  3. Add a bevel modifier, which might be able to clean up the edges for you so you can apply a subsurface modifier.
  4. Add 2 edge loops around the perimeter of the object so that subdivision works better.

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Mike Pan
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    I've done the model with vertices(Drawing around a reference image) and then filled the edges to create a single face on top and on bottom, after that I extruded the face. I believe this might be the problem, how would you model it, with a cube? (I'm only a student so I have the time to remodel it all). Thanks in advance.

    Edit: And it's a single model too, would you recomend separating it in different models?

     – Aquawu Feb 17 '18 at 21:30
  • Bevel modifier or adding edge loops(Ctrl+R) is probably the easiest way to fix it. – Mike Pan Feb 17 '18 at 23:25
  • Neither one worked, so I'm going to remodel it as a cube. I think my problem is that the top part only has one face – Aquawu Feb 17 '18 at 23:35
  • The issue is the way the top face is connected to the sides. Polygons with more than 4 sides do not subdivide well. See this answer:https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/3199/weird-deformation-between-large-ngon-and-edge-ring/3200#3200 –  Feb 17 '18 at 23:42
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My recomendation: Remodel it. Start from scratch and make sure that you are using squares to build it. Then, when the subdiv is applied it will look much cleaner and will be much easier to control. Alternatively, you can try sculpting with Dynotopo enabled (Dynamic topology). This will allow you to add exactly as much detail as you need, or even more detail than you need (which you can reduce later with a decimate modifier). Hope this helps.

Cos Dim
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  • Yeah man, that's what I'm going to do, I thought I could do it with vertices but I couldn't. Thanks – Aquawu Feb 17 '18 at 23:51