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Re: BFC conversion effects
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:56:18 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Axel Poqué wrote:
> When I was rendering a DAT file I just created, I noticed that the
> rounded corners of part 10p03 "baseplate 24 x 32 with set 358 dots
> pattern" didn't come out in the rendered picture (the studs in the
> plates corners were free-floating :-). I dug around in 10p03.dat
> and saw that the 1-4disc primitive used for the corners had been
> converted to BFC just recently. Figuring that the primitive's
> normals were just pointed the wrong way I flipped them over the in
> 10p03.dat and everything rendered just fine.
Note to anyone, to avoid confusion: no primitives have *officially* been
converted to BFC. Axel may have grabbed my set of unofficial conversions.
> Q: Is this the right way to deal with this problem? (I figure most
> baseplates would need their corners flipped, and I remember seeing
> some missing surfaces in other pieces as well)
Sounds like the right way. We should try to minimize use of INVERTNEXT. A
flip is better than an INVERTNEXT.
Steve
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