Tessellation Preferences

In the Menu Bar, click Edit > Preferences, then on the left side of the dialog box, select Import/Export > Tessellation.

Tessellation Quality

• Tolerance - Sets the maximum triangle aberration for tessellation from the b-splines. When you add further tessellation tolerances, an LOD (Level of Detail) node is generated for each imported file. The tolerance values define the tessellation aberration for each child of an LOD node. The number of children are defined by the number of tolerance values.

• Offset Factor - Sets the offset when adding new tolerance values.

Tessellation Topology

• Topology - Offers three different options to tessellate geometries.

  • Create New - Rebuilds new geometry, based on the imported b-splines.

  • Reuse Existing (If Any) - Refines the existing geometry, according to the tessellation settings. The new tessellation is based on the currently set tessellation in the imported data, if it exists.

  • No Topology - Does not tessellate geometries.

• Tolerance (Tessellation Quality option) - Aberration of the tessellated geometries from the b-splines.

• Check Orientation - Makes sure that normals of seamless patches are pointing in the same direction.