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Re: Voting Comments
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 19 May 1999 21:04:11 GMT
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3741a8a1.20817582@lugnet.com>...
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> I've thought about writing a function in LDAO to sort a DAT file by
> line-type: first the 2 (edges) and 5 (conditionals), then the 1 (may be
> edges, surfaces, or both) then the 3 (triangles) and 4 (quads).
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> Steve
Is that safe for transparent pieces?
I toyed a little with re-sorting some parts to 'outside-in' instead of
'inside-out' to make the drawing faster (minimize overdraw), but then I
realized that transparent pieces would not render correctly.
(I have not really though much about your suggestion, just throwing out a
question)
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
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| (...) Order of drawing doesn't matter, except for coincident objects. For transparent surfaces vs. edges, it matters even less: the edge must 'show through' the surface, or the renderer isn't working right. LDraw and LDLite both display transparent (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I've thought about writing a function in LDAO to sort a DAT file by line-type: first the 2 (edges) and 5 (conditionals), then the 1 (may be edges, surfaces, or both) then the 3 (triangles) and 4 (quads). Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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