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What is Poly count in 3D Designing? How we can check this in a 3D software?

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Question added by Ajith Dsouza , Senior Graphic Designer , Aryaka Networks India Pvt. Ltd.
Date Posted: 2014/02/26
Nouman Riaz
by Nouman Riaz , Lead Designer , Bissan Marketing Management

Polycount is the number of faces on your object. Higher polycount doesn't always mean better quality but for games you have to keep polycount fairly low.

To display polycount in Max hit "7" on keyboard which will display the HUD in viewport where you could see the polycount.

In maya you can go to menu display then heads up display > polycount

 

Moutaz Al Husseini
by Moutaz Al Husseini , 3D Projects Manager , Codacity

Poly count is the number of faces you have in the object that you are modeling , the more is the polycount ... the more the file size & rendering time your project will take , but also high poly count is recommended for detailed renderings , like poto-realistic stuff , but low-poly modeling is recommeded for real-time renderings like video games for example ...  

Alen Ajanovic
by Alen Ajanovic , 2D - 3D Graphic designer, 3D animator, IT administrator, hardware maintenance , FIST Production d.o.o.

Polycount is shortcut for "polygonal count" or number of polygons. Polygon is3D SUB object element that determinants quality of modeled object in3D. In3Ds MAX you can turn on this option by going to viewport statistics properties.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Just Press Number7 on3Ds max and for maya select Display > Heads Up Display > Poly Count.

omar Jad
by omar Jad , Art Director , Foodics

poly count means poly number of the model

poly stand of polygon shapes

the number of ploygon expresses the quality of model in general  

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