Hi<br><br>I'm quite new to blender and this may be quite elementary but I couldn't find a solution from the <br>tutorials in <a href="http://blender.org">blender.org</a>.<br><br>I need to know the following information of a selected vertex.<br>
- vertex normal vector (x,y,z components)<br>- the vertex number and layer (ex. if it is a 3ds file)<br><br><br>How do I extract the vertex number and its layer from a 3ds model (or any model for that matter)?<br><br>So far the coordinates of a vertex could be obtained by right clicking the desired vertex in 'edit mode' (tab)<br>
and looking at transform properties (pressing n) but it does not show the surface normal unit vector coordinates.<br><br>How do I get the unit normal vector of a vertex ?<br><br>Alternatively if I could identify the vertex number (and layer) of a given vertex I could find the normal vector using <br>
matlab but I guess blender should have a easy way of showing these properties of a vertex?<br><br>Many thanks in advance<br><br>Srimal.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>~<br>Srimal Jayawardena<br>BSc (Engineering), BIT, MIET<br>
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