less polys?

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Terry B. (Posted 2006) [#1]

Say I have a model, like of a human for example, that has way to many triangles. Is there any way to get some of the triangles to go away? And are polygons related to triangles in a model?

b32 (Posted 2006) [#2]

In b3d, a polygon is a triangle. The term could however refer to a square, pentagon, hexagon etc. To reduce the amount of triangles, I think you need a polygon reduction tool/modifier. This is usually done in a 3d editor.

Matty (Posted 2006) [#3]

Milkshape3d has a polygon reduction tool, or at least the version I have does. (1.7.4)

jfk EO-11110 (Posted 2006) [#4]

There's also a standalone tool named ProgMesh that may be downloaded.

Terry B. (Posted 2006) [#5]

Thanks. One more question, is it possible to make a program to do this in blitz and save the model as a 3ds or b3d?

b32 (Posted 2006) [#6]

There is a routine in the archives: (I didn't try it) http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1285