hunterloftis / hunterloftis/pbr
Smoothing groups
- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
[Wavefront .obj files](http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/obj/) have the concept of "smoothing groups," which basically just means "interpolate the normals of these faces so the group of faces looks like a smooth surface."
pbr reads the basic .obj format but doesn't currently respect smoothing groups, so models that rely on smoothing groups end up looking like this:

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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating pbr’s basic Wavefront .obj reader and its existing normal-handling path, then determine how to verify that smoothing-group faces are interpolated and models using them render smoothly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100