Re: Why are .iv files so smooth?

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Nuno Godinho (mgo++at++minerva.inesc.pt)
Sun, 31 Mar 1996 03:02:53 +0200

> > 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?

Yes, I believe so, but why does that happen? I mean, I didnt ask for it.
Are .iv files always Gouraud shaded? I just loaded it into perfly! I
didn't choose any shading options! Does the .iv format save shading
options?

thanks
        Nuno

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