[vtkusers] defining color for backfaces of a polygon mesh in vtk.

[Karthik Krishnan]

Use vtkActor::SetBackfaceProperty( .. ) to set a different color on
the backfaces.

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karthik

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Rishabh Kapoor
<kapoorrishabh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi all,
>  I have a problem. How can I define different colors to backfaces of a
> polygon. I have defined a ambient, diffuse color of a polygon mesh. But I
> want to assign a different color to backfaces of this polygon mesh.
> When backfaces culling is switched on then the backfaces are not rendered
> when the camera faces the back of the polygon mesh. Please tell me how can I
> solve this problem of mine.
> Regards,
>  Rishabh Kapoor
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