topic Re: making 3DS smooth in GDL in Libraries & objects

making 3DS smooth in GDL

Dwight — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 06:34:12 GMT

I've created a GDL element from a3Ds object [from application "silo"] .

It comes in as VERTs EDGEs and PGONs.

These can't be made to render smooth..... or can they????

Re: making 3DS smooth in GDL

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:23:02 GMT

Hi Dwight,
You will have to deal with edge and pgon status.
The main problem is to locate which ones belong to curved surfaces.

Attached a Primitives_test.gsm object. May be this can help.

Re: making 3DS smooth in GDL

Dwight — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:05:09 GMT

I see.

All of them.

Attached is the kind of thing we hope to be making in "Silo" and importing.

I'm looking for a global command to render smooth the edges....

Re: making 3DS smooth in GDL

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:21:49 GMT

Dwight wrote:
I see.
All of them.
Attached is the kind of thing we hope to be making in "Silo" and importing.
I'm looking for a global command to render smooth the edges....

Hapilly, there are no sharp edges, so all edges can be smooth. Not necessary to make a selection.
I don't know a global command for this.
You can try
2 for each edge status (the last value)
2 for each pgon status (the third value)
It must be some body -1 at the end. Replace with body 2 or -2, and look if it works.

Re: making 3DS smooth in GDL

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:25:44 GMT

Hi dwight, just two search and replace, et voilà.

EDGE 1, 2, 1, 578, 0 !#1 for eg. Replace ", 0 !" with ", 2 !" (replace all)
PGON 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3 !#1 for eg. Replace "3, 0, 0," with "3, 0, 2,"
BODY 1 replaced by BODY 2

I did not have the 3ds import plugin, and had to download one on a German site. It works great.