Normal of a Vertex in a Mesh
•
`
n
1
•
`
n
2
•
`
n
3
•
`
n
k
•
`
n
v
`
n
v
=
(
`
n
1
+
`
n
2
+ … +
`
n
k
) / k =
å
`
n
i
/ k
=
average of adjacent triangle normals
or better:
`
n
v
=
å (
A
i
`
n
i
)
/
(
k
å (
A
i
)
)
= area-weighted average of adjacent triangle normals