Quote - This was a simple first test. But it shows that subd can do here what smoothing cannot

 

Yes, but let's bear in mind that what it did here was reconstruct an improperly exported shape. If the DAZ thingy would export the first subd level as it should, then we would get exactly the same shape in the render.

I can see the advantages of subd at the modelling stage. Staying at low poly and being able to make sweeping changes without being bogged down by huge numbers of polys.

What are the advantages of having subd as a preprocessing stage before a render in Poser? If it just blindly does the whole scene I can see none. May as well do the subd in the modelling software, as it is done now.

The only advantage I can see is in conjunction with LOD, to gain speed.

Awaiting to be corrected by the more knowledgable people :-)