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Keep sharp edges (avoid anti-aliase)
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tgibson
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Hi,
The way I get to it:
1. Where you have the blue highlighted Editable Mesh in your image above, click the little black + just to the left of the words.
2. In the list that rolls down, choose Polygon.
3. Choose Edit/Select All (selects all polygons), or select the polygons desired to be unsmoothed.
4. Scroll down the display below this word Polygon, until you find the section called Smoothing Groups.
5. Click the button called Clear All.
The smoothing should be removed and you should now see sharp edges in GMAX and in FS.
The way I get to it:
1. Where you have the blue highlighted Editable Mesh in your image above, click the little black + just to the left of the words.
2. In the list that rolls down, choose Polygon.
3. Choose Edit/Select All (selects all polygons), or select the polygons desired to be unsmoothed.
4. Scroll down the display below this word Polygon, until you find the section called Smoothing Groups.
5. Click the button called Clear All.
The smoothing should be removed and you should now see sharp edges in GMAX and in FS.
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hairyspin
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As I see it, you have sharp edges showing in Gmax, but they're all smooth in FSX and you don't want the column tops to show that way. First you need Gmax to show the modelling accurately, so right-click at the top left of the viewport and select Smooth + Highlights. You'll now see your model like it will show in FS with the smoothed geometry showing smooth.
Then follow tgibson's advice above.
Then follow tgibson's advice above.
Hi
1. Where you have the blue highlighted Editable Mesh in your image above, click the little black + just to the left of the words.
2. In the list that rolls down, choose Polygon.
3. Choose Edit/Select All (selects all polygons), or select the polygons desired to be unsmoothed.
4. Scroll down the display below this word Polygon, until you find the section called Smoothing Groups.
5. Click the button called Clear All.
This looks like that work.
Below the difference with one with and another without.
Thank you Tom and thank you all.
1. Where you have the blue highlighted Editable Mesh in your image above, click the little black + just to the left of the words.
2. In the list that rolls down, choose Polygon.
3. Choose Edit/Select All (selects all polygons), or select the polygons desired to be unsmoothed.
4. Scroll down the display below this word Polygon, until you find the section called Smoothing Groups.
5. Click the button called Clear All.
This looks like that work.
Below the difference with one with and another without.
Thank you Tom and thank you all.
tgibson
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Hi,
Glad to help. If you know you do not want an entire object to be smoothed, for most basic shapes when you create them there is a Smooth checkbox somewhere in the rollout. Uncheck this (it's checked by default) to unsmooth your shape right from the beginning.
Ah, faceted view (right click the view name, Other/Facets and Highlights), I didn't think of that. Good thing to remember.
Hope this helps,
Glad to help. If you know you do not want an entire object to be smoothed, for most basic shapes when you create them there is a Smooth checkbox somewhere in the rollout. Uncheck this (it's checked by default) to unsmooth your shape right from the beginning.
Ah, faceted view (right click the view name, Other/Facets and Highlights), I didn't think of that. Good thing to remember.
Hope this helps,