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      </table><br><p class="para_topic"> The slide bar for Smooth, Facets and Coarse controls the number of polygons generated on the geometry and, therefore, the appearance of smoothness in the generated image. For a test image with both curved and planar surfaces, the following polygon counts were generated:</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Factor</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Polygon Count</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 2.0</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 1200</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Very coarse</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 1.0</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 2600</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Some flat edges</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 0.5</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 4300</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Quite smooth</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 0.1</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 13800</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Individual polygons are not visible - very smooth</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 0.01</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> 102800</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Smoothest</p>
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