> I think that could help improve the auto-normaliser as was
> used in the original voxel editor

> maybe with these new values, a better auto-normaliser can
> be written

> of course it would help 3ds import even more, as the
> direction facing of some voxels in a voxel model are very
> subjective, whereas when the model is made of polygons it
> is unambiguous

> and nothing will beat doing them by hand...

> (note that I am careful not to promise to do the
> normaliser.. but if anyone (Koen?) wants to talk about how
> to do one, maybe my experiences with the first
> auto-normaliser might be useful..?)
Discussions about how to do it never hurt. It's just that my real 'understanding' of normals is a bit limited - I never used the Voxel Editor myself that much, to know what the exact effects are.

The idea behind a auto-normaliser would be:
from a direction and at a certain angle, you increase the normal index? Ex: when going from front side (straight), every voxel-box that faces that direction is made a little bit lighter?

Or am I way off track? :)