T-Junctions re-visited


Re: T-Junctions re-visited
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Right - Travis' original concern was T junctions where smoothing is needed - basically an app that does per-pixel lighting and smooth normals _will_ show a nasty artifact at T junctions that were smoothed. So that's a big one.

For flat shaded intersections, there's no lighting advantage, and the artifact is 'cracking' - if you don't see it now in today's programs, you probably never will; the fact that lines get drawn on top of the seams tends to hide some sins.

The problem with pre-processing I think is that you'll induce vertices not just for T junctions, but for the -potential- for T junctions for other parts...see the example above of the torus section; it will become more vertex intensive for everyone who uses it, just to fix a problem with one minifig face.
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T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-12, 5:38
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-12, 6:31
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-12, 18:17
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-12, 18:32
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-12, 18:55
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-13, 18:27
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Allen Smith - 2013-03-12, 21:01
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-13, 17:37
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-13, 21:31
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-17, 15:43
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-17, 16:02
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-18, 14:30
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-18, 17:57
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-18, 18:27
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-18, 19:23
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-18, 20:41
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-18, 21:59
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-19, 1:09
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-19, 18:43
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-20, 10:56
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-20, 17:13
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-20, 17:23
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-20, 17:29
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-20, 17:26
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-20, 18:18
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-20, 13:42
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-20, 13:58
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Allen Smith - 2013-03-20, 16:08
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-20, 18:50
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-13, 22:56
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Sergio Reano - 2013-03-13, 22:51
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-14, 0:10
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-15, 3:17
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-15, 3:41
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-15, 17:56
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-14, 1:58
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-14, 2:37
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-14, 3:18
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-14, 22:23
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-14, 22:41
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-14, 2:43
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Tim Gould - 2013-03-14, 3:18
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-15, 3:15
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-15, 19:27
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-16, 0:08
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Ben Supnik - 2013-03-17, 15:58
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-18, 19:28
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-03-18, 19:32
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Sergio Reano - 2013-03-26, 21:46
Re: T-Junctions re-visited - by Sergio Reano - 2013-03-27, 20:48

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