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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:44:17 GMT, "Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote: Still discussing (URL) (...) Yes, but the 0 CERTIFY ( BFC | NOBFC ) format is more common. And it emphasizes that is one statement with various parameters. And it's less (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In our case, it makes sense to make a single trip to the store for ingredients (primitives). Once we've got the ingredients on-hand, we can start baking the cakes. Steve No, this didn't really add to the discussion. I just liked the analogy. (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ---...--- (...) Don't take this so personally, it's not worth it. I am only trying to contribute to a worthy cause (LEGO). Everyone can have different opinions. I don't need to jump on the other guys traught. Anyway, I apologise if I have (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Strange sentence, CLIPPING is OFF by default, you can change that by including a CLIPPING ON. And this was not what was beeing discussed. See below. (...) Look at this two trees root root C N / \ / \ C N C N /| |\ /| |\ C N C N C N C N 1 2 3 4 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve: (...) Yes. (...) The argument against should be that it complicates the rendering significantly, but I don't think it does. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) the (...) allow (...) OFF (...) they (...) reference (...) CLIPPING (...) Good point! (...) Or you could write: 0 CERTIFY BFC | 0 CERTIFY NOBFC 0 WINDING CW | 0 WINDING CCW | 0 WINDING UNKNOWN (I don't think "0 WINDING" (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll make these changes. I think all your points have been discussed in follow-up messages, so I'll make my responses (if there are any) to those later messages. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As Jacob said, this is why the specification suggests that rendering programs allow the user to select the option of defaulting CLIPPING to on or off. (...) Huh? In that case, the uncertified primitive is not back-face-culled, but the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes. WINDING UNKNOWN allows a DAT author to specify what is happening in the file more precisely than CLIPPING OFF. Adding WINDING DOUBLE-SIDED would allow even more author-precision, but there is no practical difference between DOUBLE-SIDED (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You'll pardon me if I use an abbreviated notation, and skip the " characters. (...) It's hard to argue with that. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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