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Re: Type-5 conditional edge line
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:43:48 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message
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> I have a question about the type-5 conditional line. Assume I have four
> points in 3d space like this:
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> (If you're reading LUGNET via the web interface, you must push "view raw
> message" to see my ASCII art.)
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> 1---2
> | |
> | |
> | |
> 4---3
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> Except that the points are _not_ in the same plane. This is difficult
> to illustrate with ASCII, so you'll have to trust me! ;-)
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> Now, let's say I use two triangles to fill out the surface between the
> points like this:
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> 1---2
> | /|
> | / |
> |/ |
> 4---3
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> The code for the triangles would be something like this:
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> 3 16 x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2 x4 y4 z4
> 3 16 x2 y2 z2 x3 y3 z3 x4 y4 z4
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> But I also need a conditional edge line along the diagonal. I only have
> information about the four said points, so my question is this: Will a
> type-5 line like this work?
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> 5 24 x2 y2 z2 x4 y4 z4 x1 y1 z1 x3 y3 z3
It looks good to me. I'm pretty sure this is how it is done on the sphere
primitives.
-John Van
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