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Meh
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:12 am
by RaVNzCRoFT
You know, I don't model, and I really don't intend on getting into modeling, but this question has been killing me for the longest time now. What is a Poly? Is it like a cubic pixel, since this is 3d?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:36 am
by Patrickssj6
I'm not sure but i think a polygon is a triangle out of three vertexes.Or is it the vertex itself?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:49 am
by The_Hushed_Casket
a polygon, in geometric terms is any flat surface with at least 3 sides (3 sides=triangle 5 sides=pentagon 6 sides=hexagon 8 sides=octogon, and I can't remember the rest from freshmen geometry, but any polygon over 13 sides is an n-gon, n being the number, so 13 sides=13-gon, 1,000,000 sides=1,000,000-gon). Although in terms of modeling a poly is a three edged face (triangle) because that is the simplest polygon and how games proccess 3D models.
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:34 am
by coldshadow
you should become a mathematic teacher!
lol
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:27 am
by Patrickssj6
A simple box has 12 Polys.Cause every face of the box has two triuingula pieces.Its easier to work with triungulars in 3d environments cause you can have better meshes.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:24 am
by [users]Leg0
zomg, big words
Polygon = triangle.. triangle = three sides. You two make things so complicated
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:35 am
by Patrickssj6
lmao
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:59 pm
by mikaratsu
actually oyu shouldnt get polygon get mixed with what a 3d polly is its different, a polygon is the face fo a 3d object what we call a polly/poly is the whole object, and i remember highschool mathmatics easy considering im taking it still(freshmen year is awesome!)
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:04 pm
by The_Hushed_Casket
mikaratsu wrote:actually oyu shouldnt get polygon get mixed with what a 3d polly is its different, a polygon is the face fo a 3d object what we call a polly/poly is the whole object, and i remember highschool mathmatics easy considering im taking it still(freshmen year is awesome!)
A polygon is a face, the entire object would be a polyhedron. 3 faced object = tetrahedron, 5 faces = pentahedron, 8 faces = octahedron.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:05 pm
by Patrickssj6
yep and thats why they call it poly its a *notextension* shortcut ...my english sux
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:07 pm
by The_Hushed_Casket
Ya, poly for short, but when they say poly they usually mean polygon, and by polygon, triangle.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:02 pm
by WeeMan102490
DANG!! you guys got me like
, cause ... well u guys should all be teachers