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Re: Automatic part selection query
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lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad
Date: 
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:04:21 GMT
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> skrev i meddelandet
news:G9ty1F.CpH@lugnet.com...
> 
> Regarding the selection, MLCad uses a special buffer which keeps track of
> the parts visible on the screen. For all other parts I would have to go
> through the list of triangles, lines and quads until I find something in the
> rectangle. This can take a long time since you have to check for each point
> on the screen within the rectangle, and some bigger models quickly can have
> millions of triangles ...

No need to test every line etc. - compute a bounding box (once) for each part,
and the testing boils down to a few transformations and a region intersect
test for each part. This should be fast enough.

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(...) Regarding the selection, MLCad uses a special buffer which keeps track of the parts visible on the screen. For all other parts I would have to go through the list of triangles, lines and quads until I find something in the rectangle. This can (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)

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