: How to render objects in smooth mode in Maya There is smooth mode (3 on keyboard if I'm correct) to show objects 'smooth' in the viewport, but when I render it, there is no smoothing. What

@Berumen635

You need to create a subdivision approximation in mental ray and have smooth mesh preview on:


Go to windows rendering editors > mental ray > approximation editor.
There is a subdivision rollout in the approximation editor.
Under the subdivision rollout hit the create button.
Make sure smooth preview mesh is on in the attribute editor.
Render

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@Looi7658678

Or you can apply a Modify > Convert > Smooth Mesh Preview to Polygons on your mesh. It will then render properly on all renderers... but you'll lose the ability to further modify your object using smooth mesh.

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@Hamaas979

I'm going to assume you're using V-Ray. It's the most popular renderer that doesn't by default inherit from the smooth mesh settings.


So, you've made a cube, and pressed 3 to smooth it:


When you render, it isn't smooothed:


You have two options.


Enable subdivision on the shape (attribute editor for the shape node):

Globally tell V-Ray to render based on the viewport subdivision (render settings):


Either option will smooth your render:

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