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Print at Dec 16, 2025, 2:14:20 PM

Posted by okh at Dec 9, 2013, 1:17:54 PM

Re: AOI - colored objects?
When making models, I have so far tended to use material names that match the part of the furniture, e.g.

usemtl desktop
...
usemtl legs
....
usemtl handle
...

This made more sense if I later wanted to apply different colours. Then the original colour names are meaningless (while, say, 'desktop' still describes the part of the object). However, this also means relying on an .mtl file to define the material colours. So now I wonder...

Does anyone have an opinion on which approach is better? Does using the predefined colours have advantages in terms of performance (no .mtl file for SH3D to worry about)? Other good reasons for sticking to the defaults instead of named furniture parts?

ok

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