Re: Why are .iv files so smooth?

Goh Eng Lim (englim++at++sgisgp.singapore.sgi.com)
Sat, 30 Mar 96 20:06:44 SST

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> When I load teapot.dxf into perfly I can see each polygon.
>
> Using DxftoIv to convert it to Inventor format I find that when loading
> the new teapot.iv into perfly I get a completely different result: The
> surface is smoothed instead of faceted.
>
> Why is this?

Could it be because, in the first case the teapot was flat shaded &
in the second case it was Gouraud ('smooth') shaded?

Cheers,
gel
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