Re: Can only see one side of geometry

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From: Paolo Farinelli (paolo++at++sgi.com)
Date: 03/27/2002 17:55:05

Hello Mikkel,

try hitting the 'b' key in perfly. This should toggle backface mode.

Hope this helps.

Paolo

>
> Hi,
>
> some days ago I posted a question on how VRML files can be loaded into
> Performer (subject: Performer on Linux and VRML) - thanks for the
> answers! On the basis of the response to my question I decided to try
> and convert my VRML2 files to Inventors .iv format. When I view the
> converted file(s) in Inventors ivview it seems that everything is
> perfect, but when I try to load the converted file(s) into Performers
> perfly I can only see on side of my geometry - picture for example a
> square plate having only one side and not two - what is going wrong? I
> have a feeling that this is something pretty basic, but I have not been
> able to work it out.
>
> Regards,
> Mikkel Steffensen
>
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Paolo Farinelli                                           paolo++at++sgi.com
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