Re: Q: pfLayerModes

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Mark Baranowski (baranowski++at++marklynn.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:57:48 GMT


On Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:15:31 -0700, Marcus wrote:

<snip>

>Coplanarity tolerance can be a problem for STENCIL. Performer 2.x requires a
>much tighter (truer) tolerance than 1.x did. Another conflict has to do with
>transparent geometry. Do the problem subfaces have alpha?

No

<snip>

>
>Tighten the tolerance on your coplanarity check. Use "Edit->Match Vertices" or
>"Plant" to to insure coplanarity exactly.

Matching vertices is only really appropriate if the subface has
transparency (otherwise why have a subface!). I have made some of the
problem subfaces "as coplanar" with their parent as MultiGen will
allow. Still no joy :(

On a slight aside, can I safely call pfdConverterMode inside the flt
loader callback. Perhaps I can get the best solution by using a
MultiGen attribute (or comment) to allow me to set the pfLayerMode I
want to use on a per subface basis (well on a per object basis as that
is the lowest level bead the callback is executed for).

Regards,

Mark.

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