Getting the normal of a triangle from Blitz3D?

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Craig H. Nisbet (Posted 2007) [#1]

Is there any way to get the normal of a triangle from Blitz 3D? I know you can get the normal from a point, but this info is not helping me with what I need to do.

Pepsi (Posted 2007) [#2]

Code Archives is a great place to look: Get the normal of a triangle: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=466 nomilized normal if you need that too: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=467 Hope that helps :)

Stevie G (Posted 2007) [#3]

http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=64797#723403

bytecode77 (Posted 2007) [#4]

why dont you take UpdateNormals() ?

big10p (Posted 2007) [#5]

UpdateNormals sets vertex normals and has nothing to do with surface normals of individual tris.