normal tag (Tnormal)

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On 13/09/2004 at 07:48, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   8.500 
Platform:   Windows  ; Mac  ;  Mac OSX  ; 
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Hi,

i need informations about the normal tag.
I have'nt found any menu entrys. Can a user create/modify this tag? Is this an internal cache for pong normals?

If i change many polygons, then i must update this tag?

aws

TZ

THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED

On 21/09/2004 at 12:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The normal tag is a hack to allow importing file formats where the normals don't necessarily match the geometry. The renderer will then use the normals in the tag instead. Most modeling operations in C4D ignore this tag, so at least you will be in good company if you do the same.