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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).
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 ...