The Polygon

The polygon is the basic building block of all 3d models. Here we discover its properties, like the face normal, which shows the direction the polygon is facing and it's three components the face, edge and vertex. Complicated objects are made of lots of polygons put together.

*Edit, the terms "Planar" and "Non Planar" should be "Coplanar" and "Non Coplanar" respectively.

Author: Andrew Silke
guerrillacg.org/index.php/presenters/andrew-silke

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Film & Animation

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[KevBoy3D]

The end is awesome!!!

[durangomiller]

These GuerrillaCG videos are BRILLIANT! Thank you for doing them.

[zsdg34]

Cool yet the processing power would have to be tremendous in order to animate polygons in real-time.

I'm hoping Euclidian with their "unlimited detail" technology can solve that problem and create unimaginable realistic graphics

[Jarzka1990]

Nice video!

[ExtremelyDevout]

Dang that freaking guerrilla made me jump out of my skin! Totally wasnt expecting that

[MuhammedsLegacy]

Presented very well.

[mastiboy]

Great stuff! How did you make the animation of the polygons growing into the head?

SB

[FilmNFire]

Liking it!

[articlepk]

interesting

[Nikronius]

Amazing work!

[dangraphic]

Very very nice!

To the point, clear, well spoken, excellently illustrated.

I LOVE your material!

[polyrider81]

you guys rock!