backface culling

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Definition of backface culling in English English dictionary

In rendering, a preprocessing step that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view

Discards invisible back-facing polygons that can be eliminated from the list of polygons that need further 3D rendering processing

Detecting backwards-facing elements in a 3D object for the purpose of eliminating them from the rendering task These backwards-facing elements are unnecessary because they are not seen by the camera and eliminating them speeds up render time LDraw file extensions for 'BFC' were never formally decided upon

(n) In rendering, a preprocessing step that removes all faces of the model that will be completely hidden from view

Ignoring backfacing polygons during rendering Backface culling can reduce the amount of time required to render a model Compare hidden surface removal