subdivide all faces whose area is bigger than 1mm until each face area is smaller than 1mm

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I have a mesh as follows. I would like to subdivide all faces, where the area of each face is bigger than 1mm, until each of those faces has an area of no more than 1mm.

Is there a way to do that in Blender or any other software?

You can downdoad the model here https://gist.githubusercontent.com/umhan35/127041505840cf2259d98d2db37dea48/raw/45ffa8bf440fe393f0ed0913984b8cb8acf8c102/caddy.stl

Thanks!

Using the Dyntopo method:

The problem is the long edge

Jackdaw · Answer 1 · 2019-03-25T22:14:09.173

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Yes, you can do this with Blender. Enter Sculpt mode and set the Dyntopo resolution to 1000 (divisor by blender units) Subdivide Edges, Constant Detail and press Detail Flood Fill.

Set the Refine Mode to Subdivide Edges so it only divide edges that are longer than the wanted length but leaves shorter. In that way you can keep the geometry intact instead of loosing definition.

edited Mar 25 '19 at 22:14

answered Mar 25 '19 at 20:16

Jackdaw

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I append a photo in my questions. It also "scale up" the small details – draw Mar 25 '19 at 22:00
Updated my answer :-) – Jackdaw Mar 25 '19 at 22:08
I appended another image. The problem is that it checks the edge length, which means small-area faces can also be subdivided. – draw Mar 25 '19 at 22:51

atomicbezierslinger · Answer 2 · 2019-03-25T20:27:19.380

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REMESH

Please see Remesh Modifier.
It may not be exactly what you want.
However Remesh is here now.
In the image above some text has been converted to mesh. Then Remesh is used. Press [Apply] to see evenly spaced faces for better beformations.
Perfection is the enemy of Good.

Image to follow.

edited Mar 25 '19 at 20:27

answered Mar 25 '19 at 20:15

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subdivide all faces whose area is bigger than 1mm until each face area is smaller than 1mm

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