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gmax polygon help needed

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Dakota

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hi everyone,

i am currently buliding an aircraft in gmax to use in fsx. i am having a problem with the door. in gmax the surface of the door looks smooth. when viewed in fsx however there are strange shadows on the door that make it look wrinkled. (see screenshot)

anybody have any idea how to fix this?

thanx!
 

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Looks like one of 2 issues. A double sided Polygon or an issue with Polygon triangulization.


Option One; Delete the Polygon zone and rebuild it.

Option Two; Save as Editable Poly, Go to Polygon Mode, go to Edit Triangulization, and go along the edges and make sure none have 'cross lines' through the curves. You want the curves to have poly line edges radiating outward from the curves.

That door looks familiar. Kodiak? or Caravan?


Bill
 
thanx bill,

i can follow you until the following part:

...and go along the edges and make sure none have 'cross lines' through the curves. You want the curves to have poly line edges radiating outward from the curves.


when you talk about cross lines do you mean dotted lines? I am also not sure what you mean with curves radiating outward?

thanx in advance!
 
Here is a segment from a tutorial. This shows how I mean about radiating outward on a curve.
 
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