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Hans_Petter · 15th November 2012, 01:38 PM

Thanks Mossie

I'll scale everything up before doing a proper boolean merge if that's what it takes to avoid anomalies.

Regarding the question asked by "blackjak" I also wonder to what extent the clean-up matters in terms of computational cost / frame rates. Obviously, the higher the number of vertices / surfaces the higher the computational cost. However, a "clean" model may very well end up with more vertices than one where a cylinder is simply stuck into another cylinder. The proper matrix of surfaces requires new and possibly additional vertices, particularly when two "curved" models are properly joined. Is there a simple way to judge this? I'm thinking of number of surfaces / vertices (polygon count) or total file size.

In any event, a totally hidden surface should certainly be deleted since it wastes resources without contributing anything.

15th November 2012, 01:38 PM	#4
Hans_Petter Member Advanced member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 45	Re: Overlapping models Thanks Mossie I'll scale everything up before doing a proper boolean merge if that's what it takes to avoid anomalies. Regarding the question asked by "blackjak" I also wonder to what extent the clean-up matters in terms of computational cost / frame rates. Obviously, the higher the number of vertices / surfaces the higher the computational cost. However, a "clean" model may very well end up with more vertices than one where a cylinder is simply stuck into another cylinder. The proper matrix of surfaces requires new and possibly additional vertices, particularly when two "curved" models are properly joined. Is there a simple way to judge this? I'm thinking of number of surfaces / vertices (polygon count) or total file size. In any event, a totally hidden surface should certainly be deleted since it wastes resources without contributing anything.