Odd Clipping Issue

[Anonymous]

Hey there!

I seem to be having a bit of an odd sorting/clipping issue.

To reproduce the issue, convert linear units to Meters.
Then zoom out a fair bit so that there is a good bit of room around the grid.
Now create a poly cube and scale it up to be the size of the grid.
Now zoom the camera out and I start to see the surfaces break up into
triangles.

Attached is a screen shot of what I am seeing.

I am running 8.5, with NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (6.14.11.6218)
on windows 2000 at 1600x1200 on two monitors.

[aaronfross]

Adjust the clipping planes on your perspective camera. They should not be set more than six or seven decimal places apart.

You're always taking a chance when using GeForce cards with Maya, they're unsupported. And Windows 2000 is a bit archaic, it's also unsupported for Maya 8.x.

[Anonymous]

Indeed it seems to be a near-clipping plane issue. I bumped it up a touch and that seemed to fix the issue.

Thanks much for the insight. I know the GeForce line is a bit touchy, but the Quadro's are a bit pricey 🙂
Someday I will have enough money to pick up a proper card.

Thanks again!

[aaronfross]

Actually, you can get a low-end Quadro for about $200

[Anonymous]

Will the performance be similar to the card I have then? I was afraid that the performance would be worse,
even if it were a more stable card.

Right now the issues I am having with the GeForce are minor, and I would much rather have the speed if that were
the trade off.