*All* polygons on primitives are flat, individually.
But adjacent polygons do not form a flat surface. Hence the distinction.
Cheers
Beranrd
On 1/1/06, Gene Crucean <genecrucean(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're gonna get technical then "Polygons" is plural indicating that more
> than one poly is selected and on a sphere they (plural) are not flat ;)
>
> Imo, the only confusing part Christopher, is if you mean flaten to an axis?
> or flatten to the averaged normal? Either way, the only way is to do what
> Mario suggested. Sorry.
>
>
>
> On 1/1/06, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think what we want to know is if you mean *several adjacent*
> > polygons. Polygons of created primitives are already flat.
> >
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/1/06, Christopher < walksfar(at)netscape.ca> wrote:
> > > Hello kim, what I mean is flat take a sphere and you want some
> > > polygons on the sphere to be perfectly flat.
> > >
> > > Sunday, January 1, 2006, 5:27:32 AM, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > Define flat. Planar as opposed to twiste? Oriented in a particular
> > > > direction? Scaled to an axis? Aligned to an axis????
> > >
> > > > Christopher, if you're going to ask questions here, you *have* to
> frame your
> > > > questions better, take more time to explain what you really mean.
> You're
> > > > creating bandwidth and not really getting answers in return for the
> effort.
> > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
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> > > >> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Christopher
> > > >> Sent: 01-January-2006 02:45
> > > >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > >> Subject: Flat polygons\points ?
> > > >>
> > > >> Anyone know if there is a way that I can have selected
> > > >> polygons and make them flat. Instead of tweaking which won't
> > > >> get it perfectly flat on any X\Y\Z axis?
> > > >> Example: You have a sphere and some of those polygons you
> > > >> want flat on that sphere. Hard edges just makes well the edges hard.
> > > >>
> > > >> Christopher
> > > >>
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