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Old 20th December 2004, 05:50 AM   #1
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Default Plot direction?

Do I have this correct, all things in A3CD should (Need to be) originally plotted (always) in a counter-clockwise direction in all views to avoid future problems. :?:
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Old 20th December 2004, 06:40 AM   #2
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Although it doesn't really matter for two-sided surfaces, you should always try and draw polygons in a counter-clockwise direction. Also, the first three vertices should be < 180 degs.

If you do it differently, it's easy to fix - either Surface->flip-normal or surface->change-vertex order until it looks right (you will see an always-black polygon if the first 3 vertices are wrong). press 'n' to view normals - the direction a surfaces is facing.

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Old 20th December 2004, 09:05 AM   #3
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Thanks, got it
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