With experience it becomes easier to decide whether or not it may help or hinder. (And, yes, sometimes it can cause issues later in the model or break more than it fixes...)RussG wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:01 pmBy any chance are you (or anybody else for that matter) aware of a discussion anywhere on using "refine". A quick search on YouTube turned up a few things which I will look at, but if there is a written disillusion somewhere I'd be interested to see it. Thanks.Shalmeneser wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 6:31 pm Before refine (when the adjacent coplanar faces are fused), the corner counts 5 edges.
After refine, a useless seam dissapears ant the filet can work.
Since it is situation dependent it is difficult to write rules for it.
My rule of thumb is, if it might get rid of a seam line that a next operation would cross, I try it.
And, if there is a seam that would be part of a fillet or chamfer, try it.
If the seam line/s happen to create a coplaner situation, try it.