Yes, the problem seems to be the Rhino export function for 3D studio files.
It gives all color-components (diffuseColor, specularColor, ambientColor)
the same values, resulting in dull, non shaded colors, for the objects.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Pietrowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: donderdag, november 18, 1999 5:44
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] ncsa 3DS loader support of surface normals
> Patrick van Bergen wrote:
>
> > 3DS Loader from NCSA does very well. Only the lights that illuminate
> > the other objects in the scene do not light the 3DS objects I load. No
> > shading is applied. I find it strange (that word again!) that normals
> > weren't computed.
>
> Hmm...that's weird. I just threw the code up on the screen, and there
> is a normal calculation done. Can you send me the object you're
> looking at, so I can take a look at it here?
>
> Steve
>
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