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CAD

Computer aided design software.

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Screenspace

Software; CAD

The view you're looking at. That is, a flat 2D representation of a rendered image (similar to a paint canvas).

Smear

Software; CAD

In painting, the blending of adjacent colours together along a stroke path.

Shell

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, a collection of faces that are connected in a single piece. For example, a primitive plane.

Smoothing

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, a modification of the surface topology by smoothing out vertices and their connected edges. Also known as meshsmooth.

Shared polygons

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, adjacent polygons that share vertices where they meet. These vertices continue to be shared if the polygons are transformed or edited.

Shading map

Software; CAD

In rendering, a material in the form of a colour map that is applied to surfaces after they are rendered. Shading maps are useful for creating non-photorealistic effects (for example, cartoon ...

Shininess

Software; CAD

In rendering, the intensity of the shiny attribute of a surface. For example, a wet fish has a shinier surface than a dry leaf. In animations, surfaces reflect light in different ways depending on ...

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