Re: Text Proposal

Thomas D. Citriniti ([email protected])
Wed, 26 Apr 1995 13:29:30 +22295807

> But again, that would be overloading the functionality of the Separator
> node. It would be better to have an Annotation node which, like the
> Separator, is a group node with the behavior that its children all face
> the camera. As Gavin has stated, we really need to consider 3 issues when
> we discuss annotation: depth buffer (do annotations appear on top of
> everything?), object size (do objects stay the same size as you move
> closer?), and orientation (do objects always face the camera?).
>
> --
> chris marrin

Thanks for reiterating the reasons for an annotation object. My concern was to
create a node that allowed encapsulation of multiple objects as a follower or
tag, I was also concerned with keep the actual number of nodes down to lessen
the load on the parser. But I see how creating an annotation object will also
keep the implementation and SEPERATOR object clean and usable.

Tom C.

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