Re: Proposal: Replace LevelOfDetail with a faster LOD node

steve ([email protected])
Fri, 21 Apr 1995 14:17:09 GMT0BST

> For Inventor 2.1, we're introducing a new node that will look like:
> LOD {
> ranges [ ] # MFFloat; World-space distances
> center 0 0 0 # SFVec3f; Center of LOD in object space
>
> Separator { # Child 0 info }
> Separator { # Child 1, etc }
> }

I fully agree - just like Performer and all other real-time graphics
systems that support LOD.

I must say 'I' would prefer to separate out the individual LOD
descriptions, rather then rely on the child separator nodes being
supplied in the correct order - makes it much easier to change the
LOD values with having to do massive cut and paste operations.

LOD {
RANGE in, out
CENTER x,y,z
Separator { }
}
LOD {
RANGE in, out
... etc ...
}

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