How to divide a suface like this?

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Permalink Reply by P. Casey Mahon on June 17, 2010 at 7:25am

Shuyang,

Its a pretty straight forward process to produce a checkerboard pattern once the surface is subdivided. Check out this definition and let me know if you have any questions.

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Permalink Reply by Shuyang.Mi on June 17, 2010 at 7:28am

Thanks so much!!!!!perfect use of cull!!!

Permalink Reply by P. Casey Mahon on June 17, 2010 at 7:29am

It gets wonky if your surface is divided into even numbers though...I just wanted to show the process for how you would do it quickly...

Permalink Reply by Shuyang.Mi on June 17, 2010 at 7:42am

Enha! Thanks again!!!

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on June 17, 2010 at 7:50am

Here's a simple solution that works with any combo of even or odd numbers of U/V divisions:

Permalink Reply by P. Casey Mahon on June 17, 2010 at 8:08am

Way better than my approach...thanks a lot Daniel. I'm consistently impressed by how helpful everyone on the forum is!