Whats a polygon?

geranimo:// · 12-14-2004, 11:25 PM

As the title says, whats a polygon?

It know its a graphics thing, thats it...

ZER0X · 12-14-2004, 11:41 PM

http://escher.sourceforge.net/curren...st/Polygon.gif

I work with polygons all the time in 3D Studio Max 6

To me the higher the poly the smoother the object...the lower the poly the ridged the object. If you limit the number of poly's on an object it will be a lot smoother (From a games point of view) but will be bricky as You see here>>

http://solobiking.tripod.com/3d/tut1.html

My Computer Forum Mascot has got High poly and medium Poly so thats how the face is smooth but the hat and eyes are just medium because they dont need to be high

double-dragon · 12-15-2004, 12:25 AM

basically, its a shape with straight edges.
in computer terms its what makes up a graphic (like pixels, although thats to do with your monitor, not graphics (i think...)).

**Praetor** · 12-17-2004, 11:53 AM

Quote:

basically, its a shape with straight edges.

Make that "closed shape"

double-dragon · 12-17-2004, 03:31 PM

alright, if you want to nitpick

Super_Nova · 12-17-2004, 04:12 PM

They basically said it. It's a geometrical shape with straight edges.

forrest · 12-26-2004, 08:04 AM

It's not a parrot that flew away?

**Praetor** · 12-26-2004, 09:05 AM

nice

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ZER0X Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,422	http://escher.sourceforge.net/curren...st/Polygon.gif I work with polygons all the time in 3D Studio Max 6 To me the higher the poly the smoother the object...the lower the poly the ridged the object. If you limit the number of poly's on an object it will be a lot smoother (From a games point of view) but will be bricky as You see here>> http://solobiking.tripod.com/3d/tut1.html My Computer Forum Mascot has got High poly and medium Poly so thats how the face is smooth but the hat and eyes are just medium because they dont need to be high __________________ AMD X2 4000+ Socket AM2 2Gb RAM DDR2 667 Dual Channel 750Gb HDD 32mb ASUS EN8800GT 512mb

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12-15-2004, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
double-dragon Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sheffield, UK Age: 21 Posts: 308	basically, its a shape with straight edges. in computer terms its what makes up a graphic (like pixels, although thats to do with your monitor, not graphics (i think...)).

12-17-2004, 03:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
double-dragon Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sheffield, UK Age: 21 Posts: 308	alright, if you want to nitpick

12-26-2004, 08:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
forrest New Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2	It's not a parrot that flew away?