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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Leonard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">That makes sense and a good guide to look at how 3DStudio Max facets objects and at what angle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Calibration is a big part of any project. Of course, getting the project out the door as quick as possible is also a bit part of any project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> x3d-public [mailto:x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Leonard Daly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> x3d-public@web3d.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [x3d-public] Proper IFS creaseAngle default<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 8/3/2016 9:37 AM, Mitchell Williams wrote:<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The current default creaseAngle in IndexedFaceSet is 0. The problem is that 3DS Max does not include creaseAngle when it exports VRML or X3D. As a result a sphere mesh would look faceted and would any other 3d mesh.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am considering our own default value for creaseAngle to be .5 radians. Users can still override our default value.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have a better number or justification for setting creaseAngle?<o:p></o:p></p>
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Mitch,<br>
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A lot depends on how smooth you want objects to be. Since this you are looking at models exported from Max, what does Max do when it displays the model? I would think that you would want your default to be as close as possible to what the artist sees during
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray">310-809-4836 (outside line)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><a href="http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org">http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333366">Leonard Daly</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333366"><br>
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant<br>
X3D Co-Chair on Sabbatical<br>
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair<br>
President, Daly Realism - <i>Creating the Future</i> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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