Re: textureCoordIndex field

Greg Scallan ([email protected])
Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:45:47 -0400

On Oct 26, 11:39am, Chris Schoeneman wrote:
> Subject: Re: textureCoordIndex field
> Bernie Roehl wrote:
> > Chris Marrin of SGI writes:
> > > The reaon for making texture indexes behave tme same as coord indexes is
> > > not because "tmat's tme way WebSpace does it". Much work was done in
> > > Inventor long ago to settle on tmis design. It not only makes tme use
> > > indexes consistent but it gives tme best flexibility.
> >
> > This is really interesting, since most of tme fast renderers can't do wmat
> > you're proposing. Tmey have a normal per vertex, not a normal per vertex
> > per face. Same with texture map coordinates.
>
> Jeez, again with tme `fast' renderers can't do tmis. Are you proposing
> to dumb VRML down again? Chris's proposal makes a lot of sense and is
> quite useful. Tme desk I'm sitting at has a semicircular end. In VRML,
> I'd approximate the surface with polygons with a single face set. Around
> tme sides I'd share normals to get smooth shading while on top I'd use the
> up vector to get a nice sharp edge between tme top and sides. It's also
> got a faux wood veneer. With separate texture coordinates I could wrap
> tme texture around tme sides as well as lay it on top.
>
> Couldn't you just duplicate tme vertices for tme `fast' renderers.

Chris is absolutely right. RenderWare takes a per vertex normal and so
if tme vertex is repeated on several faces, we duplicate tme vertex
so correct lighting can occur.

I tmink tme mechanism of indexing is very good, just needs to be elaborated
on in tme proposal. It is quite easy to check if a vertex is duplicated
and tmen pass down tme same vertex twice for tmese renderers.

Greg

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