Re: Does the number of objects matter?

[Keith W. <kw...@cs...>]

Sorry, new to the list (well, back from a year or so hiatus during which 
I wasn't doing much 3D programming).

That was my prediction, fewer larger is faster than more smaller.

Followup question if anyone doesn't mind.  Can I easily open a bunch of 
separate objects, and then combine collections of objects after opening 
them into a single object?  Can an entire static scene actually be 
coallesced into a single object from a collection of individual objects?

I'll puruse the relevant threads in the archives.  Thanks for the pointer.

James W. Walker wrote:

> On Jun 14, 2004, at 6:24 PM, Keith Wiley wrote:
>
>> The question is, is either of these scenes more or less complex to 
>> render...in terms of speed of course?  Which would yield a higher 
>> framerate, if there is a difference?
>
>
> I posted a relevant message just yesterday, in the thread "Re: Quesa - 
> "Most Wanted" list".   Short answer, yes it matters, a few big objects 
> is faster than a lot of little objects.

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