Re: Several (still) unresolved issues
Bernie Roehl ([email protected])
Mon, 12 Jun 1995 10:11:04 -0400
> one element I needed to express the object was a hollow, truncated cone...
> [...]
> CSG is def a way to overcome some current problems of expressing complex
> objects in readable and not-too-giant-size form in vrml...
> [...]
> let me put in a plug for the lowly torus here... how to express the parts of
> a basic column w/out it? that poor, neglected creature...
Full-blown CSG is very complicated and difficult to implement properly.
However, both your suggestions (truncated cone and torus) can be handled
by a "Revolve" node that takes a 2D shape and revolves it around the Y
axis.
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Bernie Roehl
University of Waterloo Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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