Method calcNormalAndPreview

src_gui/mainwindow.cpp:417–436

void MainWindow::calcNormalAndPreview() {
    ui->statusBar->showMessage("calculating normalmap...");

    //timer for measuring calculation time
    QElapsedTimer timer;
    timer.start();

    //calculate map
    calcNormal();

    //display time it took to calculate the map
    this->lastCalctime_normal = timer.elapsed();
    displayCalcTime(lastCalctime_normal, "normalmap", 5000);

    //preview in normalmap tab
    preview(1);
    
    //activate corresponding save checkbox
    ui->checkBox_queue_generateNormal->setChecked(true);
}

void MainWindow::calcSpecAndPreview() {
    ui->statusBar->showMessage("calculating specularmap...");