[Starman01]

Hey folks,

due to a discussion at another place, I'm currently a little confused. For years I'm using the term "poly" to give size impressions on model, but i think I've seen this totally wrong

I'm using truespace, and it doesn't use the term polygons at all. It only knows "vertices" (imo cornerpoints) and faces.

So let me make a very simply example :

I'm adding a cube.  A normal cube has 6 faces and 8 cornerpoints.
Truespace refers to this as 6 faces and 8 vertices.

When I triangulate the model, it still has 8 vertices but then 12 faces.

So what's the polygon count of the triangulated cube object ? 8 or 12 ?

Thanks

[TopAce]

12.

[Starman01]

Seriously ? Awwwwww   sh|t .........

Now all I can say is "Dooooooh", and that after all those years. And even though it's unrelated, that raises my midway to 330 K polys  

[Scooby_Doo]

Poly means three or more sides, thats all.  Look at the triangle count, thats what really important.