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Summary for normal computation.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 27 July 2013

The normal for a vertex is vital information for computing lighting. Many mesh creation platforms will automatically compute vertex normals, but if you are getting a mesh from an arbitrary source, it is important to know how to compute those normals manually.