problem with latest development viewers and reported triangle/vertex counts

[Fizz Savira]

So I made a mesh thingy, pretty simple with less than 1000 faces.

When I go to upload that mesh, the uploader claims I have 26000+ triangles.

Last I checked, 2 * 1000 (quad faces) is closer to 2000.

Help?

 

[Rage Riptide]

This is one of those "Gotchas".  Due to unwrapped UV faces being individual islands. Each Vert/edge is now counted more than once if it's not directly connected in the unwrap.

There's more info buried somewhere.

eta: same going on here:

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Mesh/Differing-vertices-with-UVs/m-p/1220409

[Fizz Savira]

Thanks for the info. Strangely enough, I did some more work on the model (it's a foot), and then replicated it to make the other foot, and poof -- back to a reasonable vertex count.

I have *no* idea what's going on, LOL.

I suspect it's a blender thing, because the size of the DAE file went from 2.5M to 1.5M, even though it's duplicated in the smaller one...

 

[DanielRavenNest Noe]

Every 3D program is different.  Without you saying which one you use, it's hard to give any advice.  Blender, 3ds Max, Maya, Sketchup?  Which version matters too.