Check the showNormals block of the renderTriangle() function in
BitmapMaterial.  I don't have time to dig in right now, but that's how
the away3d code shows a line indicating the direction of the normals
on a triangle.  This should help you get want you want.

On Jun 15, 11:12 am, savagelook <[email protected]> wrote:
> I could be wrong cause I'm not looking at the code, but I would assume
> that "face[0].normal" is returning the vector of the normal, or simply
> its direction.  You might need to calculate the center of the face by
> using its 3 vertices, not sure if away3d has this center point built
> in.  I don't know how to do that calculation off hand, though, sorry.
>
> On Jun 15, 10:52 am, jens lofberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi
> > I would like to use the angle of the face.normal but I don't understand it.
> > trace(face[0].normal) only give me one 3d point (x,y,z)? To use the
> > angle I need two points?
>
> > THANKS
> > jens

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