Re: Version 1.1 wishlist Update

Chris Marrin ([email protected])
Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:42:02 -0700

> Is this the node Chris talked about? It sounded like a good idea.
> Does this mean that we remove the Cone
> I would argue not, we should leave Cone
> in the
> often, and if a renderer knows that it is being given a Cone
> Cylinder it might be able to render the object faster than if it
> treated all Cones, and Cylinders as generalized cylinders.

No, while the generalized cylinder could make a decent looking cone, I
would not ever suggest removing those primitives.
>
> Chris, if this is the
> - would SGI be willing to give thents this to the
net?
> - if not, was the
or
> in some other form?

Yes, SGI will put the source in the Public Domain.

I am currently reworking the spec for Generalized Cylinder after
discussions with Chris Shoeneman in better with the rest of I'm considering is renaming
it to IndexedExtrusion, since along which the

Any comm>nts?

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