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[verstaerker]

i have a general Question how subdivision in ProRender is used.

When i use the Maya Subdivision by enabling Smooth Mesh Preview and i increase the Preview Division Levels it renders with Subdivisons. 

But if i set Preview Division Levels to 0 and  set a Render Division Level - say 2 - it doesn't work.

So i need to see all subdivisions in the viewport?

Thats really nuts.

Is it a bug or a missing feature? 

[david_s]

Hi,

Thank you for reporting this issue. Yes, this is a missing feature. I will go ahead and ask developers to add this setting.

[verstaerker]

in Arnold there's an additional Arnold-specific subdivision-tab. I think that would be nice to have as well. 

[bsavery]

Hey, (developer here).  Just curious.  Shouldn't the Preview setting be used for viewport rendering?  And you set that to 0...

[verstaerker]

hi

correct, the preview settings are for the preview in the viewport. And yes normally i want this to be 0  to have a fast interactive viewport.

If i set those to 0 but disable "Use Preview Level for Rendering"  and set Render Division Level to 2 it should render it with 2 subdivision.