<HTML><HEAD><META content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></HEAD><BODY>Hey Bastien. I did a test with the new export normals functionality. Could you look at the broken effect I got?<BR>
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http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?291881-Exporting-OBJ-and-FBX-physically-break-edges-no-love-for-the-game-making-community&p=2485959&viewfull=1#post2485959<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
PLyczkowski<BR>
plyczkowski.com<BR>
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Bastien Montagne wrote:<BR>
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Hi Simon,<BR>
<BR>
I’m currently working over this topic - but it is not a trivial one, <BR>
we have to be very careful with how we manages those custom normals… <BR>
You can have a look at my current working doc, <BR>
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Mont29/Foundation/Split_Vertex_Normals <BR>
:)<BR>
<BR>
Best regards,<BR>
Bastien<BR>
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On 07/10/2013 10:12, Simon Broggi wrote:<BR>
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Hello everyone,<BR>
<BR>
I've made a python script to
edit vertex normals. <BR>
https://github.com/simonbroggi/Blender-Smoothgroups<BR>
<BR>
It lets the user assign some faces to a group. The normals connected <BR>
to a group of faces are then smoothed individually.<BR>
<BR>
The simplest application of this script is to create a beveled cube <BR>
with correct vertex normals and a minimum amount of polygons. In this <BR>
image, the cube on the right is makes use of the script <BR>
http://simon.insert-coin.ch/blenderNormals.jpg<BR>
<BR>
The script has some problems that make its use destroy workflow:<BR>
-Every time the user enters edit mode the edited normals are lost.<BR>
-Modifiers recalculate the normals. It would be great to use the <BR>
script in combination with the edge split modifier, as this is <BR>
another convenient method to edit normals. Unfortunately the modifier <BR>
ignores the normals and recalculates everything.<BR>
<BR>
These problems could be solved by implementing something similar in <BR>
the c code of blend
er. It would probably make sense to implement it <BR>
as a modifier. This would be a valuable tool for game artists.<BR>
<BR>
Greetings, Simon<BR>
<BR>
Simon Broggi<BR>
Aargauerstrasse 60 - 12<BR>
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+41 77 401 9115 <tel:%2B41%2077%20401%209115><BR>
http://simon.insert-coin.ch <http://simon.insert-coin.ch/><BR>
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