adaptive/crack-free vs. standard - Polyloop

deadlyhead · 30th December 2004, 09:06

so here's a question:

why does amapi even allow "standard" NURBS anymore? i've noticed that a lot of operations produce less-than-beautiful results in standard mode, but are flawless with adaptive/crack-free, and i've not come across one tool that required standard NURBS to work correctly.

if this is the case, why would eovia still program standard NURBS into amapi? is it a compatibility issue? for export purposes? couldn't they simply program in a conversion layer when exporting to certain formats to convert to standard NURBS?

i've just been wondering about this.

Thomas · 30th December 2004, 09:32

because adaptive is more faster for a lot of operations. You only need to switch to crack free for the export.
You can set in preference the kind of tesslation before you export your scene, or even, which kind of tesslation with which export format

Shonner · 30th December 2004, 11:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadlyhead

why does amapi even allow "standard" NURBS anymore?

Totyo deleted my reply to you. But I agreed with you.

Thomas · 30th December 2004, 13:23

Shonner : because working in crack free all the time is a big processor process and it's not allow for everybody...

I understand now why you have such problems with Amapi... if you work in crack free, on Win 98 with a PIII 800Mhz, 512 Mb of ram and a 32 Mb video card... :|

Shonner · 30th December 2004, 19:06

I don't know where you're getting those straw man specs from. But that's not my computer.

laughingnome · 31st December 2004, 17:29

please feel free to post your system specs then Shonner.

this will help to advoid any confusion in future.

stu.

P4 2.4, geforce 4200 TI, 512 ddr ram, win XP Pro.

30th December 2004, 09:06	#1 (permalink)
deadlyhead Vertex Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 13	adaptive/crack-free vs. standard so here's a question: why does amapi even allow "standard" NURBS anymore? i've noticed that a lot of operations produce less-than-beautiful results in standard mode, but are flawless with adaptive/crack-free, and i've not come across one tool that required standard NURBS to work correctly. if this is the case, why would eovia still program standard NURBS into amapi? is it a compatibility issue? for export purposes? couldn't they simply program in a conversion layer when exporting to certain formats to convert to standard NURBS? i've just been wondering about this. __________________ -- deadlyhead --

30th December 2004, 09:32	#2 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	because adaptive is more faster for a lot of operations. You only need to switch to crack free for the export. You can set in preference the kind of tesslation before you export your scene, or even, which kind of tesslation with which export format __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

30th December 2004, 13:23	#4 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,295	Shonner : because working in crack free all the time is a big processor process and it's not allow for everybody... I understand now why you have such problems with Amapi... if you work in crack free, on Win 98 with a PIII 800Mhz, 512 Mb of ram and a 32 Mb video card... :\| __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

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Shonner Extrusion Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 190	I don't know where you're getting those straw man specs from. But that's not my computer. __________________ Shonner

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31st December 2004, 17:29	#6 (permalink)
laughingnome stu Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 908	please feel free to post your system specs then Shonner. this will help to advoid any confusion in future. stu. P4 2.4, geforce 4200 TI, 512 ddr ram, win XP Pro.