I think it's D3D that's the limiting factor. Isn't it d3d that does not
render back faces? I know OpenGL can, but my d3d experience is extremely
limited.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dola Woolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] setting the material for a double sided face
> Hi,
>
> This may be impossible in Java3D, but it is definitely
> possible OpenGL. So I'm surprised that it is
> impossible in Java3D.
>
> Dola
>
> --- Joachim Diepstraten
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Saurabh
> >
> > > Is it possible to set different material
> > > properties for the different sides of a face made
> > double
> > > sided by setting the polygonattribute to
> > CULL_NONE.
> > Nope this is not possible. To overcome this you
> > could instead add a second
> > (directional light coming from behind and change the
> > color of the
> > lightsource. That's the only way I can think off
> > which comes close.
> >
> > For an example you might have a look at my cool/warm
> > tone based shader
> >
> > EOF,
> > J.D.
> >
> > --
> > Cool/warm tone based shader in Java3D
> > (http://www.antiflash.net/java3d/warmcool.html)
> >
> >
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