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Re: Voting Comments
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Date: 
Fri, 21 May 1999 12:42:21 GMT
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On Thu, 20 May 1999 16:31:22 GMT, "Anders Isaksson"
<isaksson.etuna@REMOVEebox.tninet.se> wrote:

> 
> Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <37441788.505228@lugnet.com>...
> > 
> > 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 surfaces by skipping every other
> > pixel, allowing the underlying features to show through.
> > 
> > Steve
> 
> Then the rendering *could* be speeded up by resorting everything 'outside-in'?
> (Smaller number of pixels to change)

Yes, that reordering will render just fine.

I don't know how much it will speed up rendering.  It would be interesting
to find out.

Steve



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  Re: Voting Comments
 
Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <37441788.505228@lugnet.com>... (...) Then the rendering *could* be speeded up by resorting everything 'outside-in'? (Smaller number of pixels to change) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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