Re: VRML 1.0

Colin Dooley ([email protected])
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 08:03:51 GMT


At 15:05 3/10/95 E, you wrote:
>>>1) How do I enable backface culling? Surely this is a basic facility
>>>for a 3D renderer, but my viewer doesn't do it...

>ShapeHints ShapeType SOLID should turn on backface culling. Spec sez so.

I tried this, and it works. Just not obvious from the spec. I still don't
understand why it is only a "hint to the viewer" though. This is pretty
fundamental stuff if you ask me...

Colin


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