Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Polygon Normal Smoothing?

[Gary H. <gh...@is...>]

Patrick Van Pelt wrote:
> Hello!  New user here, with a hopefully simple question.
>
> I'm currently writing an object/animation loader with PyOpenGL, using mostly what is presented in the python-adjusted Nehe tutorials (with some hackery to display calllists like a flipbook).  I'm happy to say that it is all working great so far, however I just started to include some of the lighting code and its giving me some nasty polygon edges.  Basically, it looks like the normals aren't smoothing across the surface of the object.  See picture here:
>
> http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5102/facetedgd8.jpg
>
> It was at this point that I realized the tutorials all use cubes, which of course have a sharp edge.  Can anyone point me in a direction to get the surface to look like it is a nice smooth surface?  Thanks for any and all help!
>   

glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH)

will work if you model is defined correctly (i.e., shared vertices share
normals).

Gary Herron


> PS:  The model was a free one off of Turbosquid that I slapped some quick animation onto.
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