LFS Editor/Guides/Smoothing Groups

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A smoothing group is a group of triangles which appears to form a smooth surface. The boundary between two different smoothing groups appears to have a sharp edge.

Assigning triangles to a smoothing group

You can change the smoothing group of individual triangles in the groups view mode.

1. 1 Go to the Modeller.
2. 2 Select tri mode from the top menu bar.
3. 3 Click the groups view mode button.
4. 4 On the 3D model, select triangles whose smoothing group you want to change. For example, use Ctrl + LMB to select one triangle at a time.
5. 5 In the top right corner, you will see a set of smoothing group buttons. Click one of the numbers to assign the selected triangles to that group.
6. 6 When prompted with a confirmation dialog, click yes.

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  Select tri mode and groups view mode

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  Select triangles

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  Confirm selection

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  New group assigned