point normals and smoothing groups

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On 19/10/2006 at 03:35, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   9.6 
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Hello all,

I'm trying to find out the normal at each point a,b,c,d of a determined polygon. I've read here on the forum that the way to go is to average each neighbour polygon face normal but:

Doesn't this averaging method ignore the polygon smoothing groups? (think of averaging a box polygons normals would 'round' it) or maybe that concept does not exist in c4d?

thanks!

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On 19/10/2006 at 03:49, xxxxxxxx wrote:

wops, this one was quick BaseObject::CreatePhongNormals() checking the TPhong tag previously

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On 23/10/2006 at 01:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

BaseObject::CreatePhongNormals()

In what version of c4d was that implemented? I use v8.5 and I don't seem to find it in the docs?

regards
/Filip

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On 23/10/2006 at 02:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by FilipM on 23 October 2006
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> BaseObject::CreatePhongNormals()
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> In what version of c4d was that implemented? I use v8.5 and I don't seem to find it in the docs?
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> regards
> /Filip
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It was introduced with Cinema4D R9.

Matthias