Jim Wilson writes: > One possible application of being able to apply the smoothing > calculation to a group of 3D Model objects (as opposed to a single > object in ac3d format) is in animating the Wright Brother's > twisting wing lateral control method. One way would be to use and > interpret user data entries in the model, but I'm wondering if it > would be better (or possible) to do it through the xml model > animation interface. That way the ac3d models would be complete as > is (without interpreting the user data) and the behavior could be > more easily modified (in XML) by someone that did not have the > software.
It's an interesting suggestion, but smoothing (as I use the term) isn't the main problem -- you want to be able to move some vertices without moving others. Smoothing just tweaks the normals to hide sharp edges. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
