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28 Jul 2024 14:20:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Adding a new object  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 9 Aug 2002 13:31:33
Message: <3D53FC78.58CDC5DE@hotmail.com>
Warp wrote:
> 
> John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > First, incorporate quadrilaterals into the mesh object.  This would
> > make polygon modelling simpler.
> 
>   What would be the advantage of this over using two triangles?

When something is extruded, it makes more sense to extrude edges as
quads rather than a pair of triangles.

It also makes it easier to deal with a problem involving the Loop
method of surface subdivision.

Regards,
John


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