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stevenong
Hi,

Since H9, Mantra supports vertex normals so you can check out this thread [forums.odforce.net] where I attribute promote point normals to vertex normals and the shading is what you expect.

Cheers!
steven

Thanks, Steven. That works good. But what is it for, I mean, doing some tricks to default geometry, I thought - the default stuff should render ok and the stuff you model could have issues… like in other apps?

Hi there.

Sorry for a noob question but I can't figure it out on my own. Here's it:

when I put a default grid and a cube, envlight and area light then render them, I get that cube rendered with artifacts. I fix it with Facet then it looks ok, but when I change the material to one that has displacement - due to faceting, all sides are separated… If I remove Facet - it's all good but for shading… I tried to use creases, but I got the same results…
Can someone explain, what's the secret of good looking shading (like faceting gives) and still good looking shading when displacement takes place?

2probbins: I tried, but didn't notice any effect on shading.

2keyframe: no… I'll try, but won't this “hurt” UVs, I mean cusping pelted surface?