quads(polygons) versus triangles?

JHeathe · 27th July 2016, 05:28 PM

My brother and I have been unable to understand why an AC3D object exported to X-Plane seems to always change to triangles when viewed in Planemaker?

In AC3D, the objects are fine and appear as normal quads, but are somehow converted to triangles in the export process to X-Plane?

We have adjusted the setting in AC3D to under Advanced to UNTICK "Triangulate quads" We must be missing something else somewhere? Ideas please?
Thanks

27th July 2016, 05:28 PM	#1
JHeathe Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	quads(polygons) versus triangles? My brother and I have been unable to understand why an AC3D object exported to X-Plane seems to always change to triangles when viewed in Planemaker? In AC3D, the objects are fine and appear as normal quads, but are somehow converted to triangles in the export process to X-Plane? We have adjusted the setting in AC3D to under Advanced to UNTICK "Triangulate quads" We must be missing something else somewhere? Ideas please? Thanks Last edited by Andy; 28th July 2016 at 09:55 AM. Reason: (best not to put emails in posts - Andy)