Re: Question on Vega

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David Nouls (dnouls++at++luc.ac.be)
Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:56:47 +0000

Nicolas Gauvin wrote:

> Vega must be using the 3ds loader that comes with Performer. This loader
> is not perfect. The a3ds2flt converter from Multigen is not perfect either.
> Its seems that writing a full fledge 3ds loader/converter is not a trivial
> task. The best results I got came from using the 3dsToIv converter available at
> http://www.sgi.com/Works/translators.html.

This 3dsToIv program produces wrong shading on objects with many small
triangles.
I guess they aren't using the smooth groups and the smoothfactor in the
object.

/)avid

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