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Enabling double-sided rendering

Enabling double-sided rendering
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:14:52 -070
G'Day All,

I have several 3D models i'd like to distribute to the general public.
My goal is to make the models as small as possible to make it a) easier to
download and b) use minimal memory resources when the model is open.

Most people who casually use Acrobat Reader have the default setting for
double-sided rendering switched off. Does anyone have any scripts that i can use
that forces double-sided rendering to be switched on?

I know i can use the toolkit to convert my objects, but this results in much
larger u3d and pdf files.

Is there anyone who can help me?

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Re: Enabling double-sided rendering
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:41:37 -070
Hi GeorgeG,
I had a model (in Max 9) that seems to have the normals facing the wrong way -
the standard fix for that, is to unify the normals or (just like you are looking
at) turn on double sided rendering. What fixed it for me was to turn on software
rendering (turn off Direct X)
So try that and see, if like me, it fixes it.

Cheers
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Re: Enabling double-sided rendering
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:50:16 -070
Just use the following script line:

scene.renderDoubleSided = true;

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Re: Enabling double-sided rendering
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:53:29 -070
Thanks Gazzz and Grayson for your replies.
My preferred method is by scripting and the code provided works perfectly.
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