Zebra stripes allow you to see small changes in a surface that may be hard to see with a standard display. Zebra stripes simulate the reflection of long strips of light on a very shiny surface.
With zebra stripes, you can easily see wrinkles or defects in a surface, and you can verify that two adjacent faces are in contact, are tangent, or have continuous curvature.
You can visually determine what type of boundary exists between surfaces by using zebra stripes:
It may be helpful to use zebra stripes in conjunction with the Curvature display.
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