Wasn't it Carl who wrote:
>I have a question I was hoping someone here could help me with.
>
>Edmund Keefe made a very nice light cycle mesh seen here:
>
>http://www.a1eddie.com/cycle.htm
>
>His model is downloadable here:
>
>http://www.a1eddie.com/models.htm
>
>and he's using 3d studio max 6.
>
>A friend used AccuTrans 3D to convert his model into the pov format and I'm
>comparing it to my CSG 100% POV-Ray light cycle.  Check out this little gif
>
>http://www.wwwmwww.com/TRON/compare2.gif
>
>So here is my question... why do all the edges of his mesh jump out as very
>sharp edges in my renders when everything he's does in 3d studio max 6
>comes out looking like it has nice smooth curves?  Is there something I
>could do in POV-Ray to smooth out these edges?

One of the things that's going on is that you're losing some or all of
the normals in the conversion process. If you convert the model directly
from the 3DS file using PoseRay, you'll preserve the normals and get
smoother shapes.

There's something else going on as well. The geometry I get via PoseRay
just looks like a smoothed version of what you get. It's not the same as
the geometry of the comparison image.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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