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  • Published 17 Oct 2025

Have geo nodes subdivide match edit mode subdivide

At the moment, geometry nodes subdivide node doesn't match edit mode subdivide: Screenshot (3).png Apparently, this is because geo nodes uses the simple mode of the subdivision surface modifier (so it uses OpenSubdiv which converts to quads), instead of edit mode subdivide. Using edit mode subdivide would provide the potentially useful feature of not converting tris and ngons to quads. Switching would also unlock a few other features not included in OpenSubdiv, like selection, smoothness, and N-Gon options.

I can think of 2 options for implementing this (without just replacing the current one): Screenshot (4).png Option A merges the 2 current subdivision nodes into one, with a menu to switch between Catmull-Clark (here renamed to smooth so it fits), and simple subdivision methods. It then adds a new node with the edit mode version and features.

Option B leaves subdivision surface as it is, and instead combines both subdivision methods into one node, with a new topology type menu to switch between subdividing the original topology, or converting to quads.

Thoughts?

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17 Oct 2025

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