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Subject: Re: Assigning texture maps to 3D objects at runtime?
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:24:46 -0600
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Michael Voegeli wrote:
> Obviously, my dxf files don't contain any color and texture information
> but I'm not shure if this is because my modeler doesn't export them or
> because DXF doesn't support them. (???)
> 
> I probably have to assign them by editing the RSD File...

There is an excellent Windows/PC tool called "rsdtool.exe", that you
can download from the "Utilities" page that lets you load an .RSD model
and color and texture the faces of your model.

This is one very usefull program.  My only question about it is:
Is there a way to make some faces "goraud shaded" while not "goraud
shading" some other faces?

For example, I want a model with some "roundish" parts, where shading
will help it look smoother, with fewer polys, but other parts of the
same model are "squarish and pointy", where shading would be out of
place.

Any ideas?  (currently I use the "-g" option on dxf2rsd.exe to turn
shading on for the whole model).

EdF