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Chapter 26: Deforming Surfaces and Using the Mesh Modifiers
FIGURE 26.8
A simple bullet can be created by extruding one face of a hemisphere.

After all the settings have been configured, click the Calculate button to run the optimization pass. The
Statistics panel (located under the Calculate button) shows the number of points and faces in the model. By
dialing down the Vertex % value, you can interactively reduce the total number of faces.
Figure 26.9 shows an alligator model that has been optimized using the ProOptimizer modifier. Notice the
dramatic reduction in the number of faces from the left to the right. Viewpoint Datalabs, known for producing
high-resolution models, created this model. In the Modify panel, you can see that the number of faces has
been reduced from 34,404 to 6,937 faces. (I guess that would make the gator on the right “lean and mean.”)
Note
The Optimize and MultiRes modifiers are older versions of the ProOptimizer modifier and are maintained for
compatibility with older files. n
If you have an entire folder full of models that you want to optimize, you can use the Batch ProOptimizer
utility. This utility is available from the Utilities panel and opens a dialog box where you can specify the
source files to optimize, all the optimization settings, and the out filenames and locations. Once configured,
you can simply click the Ok button to optimize several model files in a batch process.

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