How to subdivide primitives interactively in Maya 8.5

This 3D modeling tutorial demonstrates how to modify the number of subdivisions of an object during its interactive placement in a scene within Maya 8.5. See how to add or remove subdivisions on a Maya primitive model and increase or decrease the details of that model. Subdivision attributes are only available on polygonal objects, so to use the interactive subdivision Maya tools, you need to be modeling with polygons.