Re: A nondestructive way


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Posted by PIG_DOG on February 22, 1998 at 19:40:19:

In Reply to: A nondestructive way posted by Alexei Novikov on February 22, 1998 at 14:30:15:

>
> There is a non-destructive way. It isn't a step by step procedure and
> it may not work on every messed up sector, though.

> If the sector looks convex, but the Consistency Checker says its isn't,
> the problem is most likely some invalid surface in the sector. First, you
> must fix all non-planar and non-convex surface errors in the sector. Cycle
> through surfaces in sector (N and P in surface mode) and see if any face
> looks wrong - non-convex, facing the wrong way, etc. Cycle through edges
> in a face (Shift+N, Shift+P in edge mode) and see if the edges go in
> incorrect order.

> If you detect any errors, try to move the vertices of the suspicious
> looking surface. Or try to move the face next to this face. Be careful as you
> might add non-planar errors this way. Most likely it will be a face of some
> weird shape.

> Alex.


SO BASICALLY JUST CYCLE THROUGH ALL OF THE SURFACES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY R FLAT AND ALL CONVEX?





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