non-3D GPU

Hans_Petter · 7th March 2012, 09:42 AM

I've tried to run AC3D on a small laptop. It would be great to be able to work on project elements while I'm traveling and don't have access to my main stationary computer. However, it seems that this little laptop lacks a proper 3D GPU. While the models look all right as I spin them in 3D view it seems that no surfaces or vertices are really on top. Result--I can't select a top surface without inadvertently clicking hidden surfaces at the same time and the "back" vertices fail to be obscured by the surfaces on top. I read somewhere that AC3D doesn't really require a 3D card but it seems I can't really work on a 3D object unless the GPU "knows" how to distinguish between back and front surfaces. Correct?

7th March 2012, 09:42 AM	#1
Hans_Petter Member Advanced member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 45	non-3D GPU I've tried to run AC3D on a small laptop. It would be great to be able to work on project elements while I'm traveling and don't have access to my main stationary computer. However, it seems that this little laptop lacks a proper 3D GPU. While the models look all right as I spin them in 3D view it seems that no surfaces or vertices are really on top. Result--I can't select a top surface without inadvertently clicking hidden surfaces at the same time and the "back" vertices fail to be obscured by the surfaces on top. I read somewhere that AC3D doesn't really require a 3D card but it seems I can't really work on a 3D object unless the GPU "knows" how to distinguish between back and front surfaces. Correct?