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r showtris
From Quake Wiki
The r_showtris cvar is a developer command that shows the outlines of world and object polygons as triangles. It is helpful for optimizing geometry and vis-blocking.
The command is only available in certain engine ports, such as Fitzquake (and forks) and DarkPlaces.