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What is the Difference between a Polygon mesh and a Surface.
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:30 am
by bamdur123
In Model-Get-Primitve there are: Surfaces and Polygon meshes. i use polygon meshes but surfaces are the same to me. is tehre a difference between them?
Re: What is the Difference between a Polygon mesh and a Surf
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:48 am
by AceMastermind
bamdur123 wrote:In Model-Get-Primitve there are: Surfaces and Polygon meshes... is tehre a difference between them?
Yes, the main difference being that the game engine doesn't support surfaces, if you model using NURBS then you'll need to
convert them to Polygon Mesh objects prior to exporting.
http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsi ... 481482.htm
http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsi ... m#Rch20274
Re: What is the Difference between a Polygon mesh and a Surf
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:59 am
by bamdur123
i did notice they are smoother. is there a way to convert the NURBS into a polygon mesh?
Re: What is the Difference between a Polygon mesh and a Surf
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:44 pm
by DarthD.U.C.K.
