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  Sphere Primitive
 
Is it just me or the sphere primitives have non planar quads ? Or is the sphere distorted to allow for planar quads ? Why where the sphere done in this way instead of the usual (full quads with triangles on the poles) or (all triangles) ? I hope (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Sphere Primitive
 
(...) I suspected this problem when I reviewed the precision of all the circular primitives, which is why I left them alone at that time. But... I never went back to check thoroughly! Chris (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Sphere Primitive
 
(...) You'd have to ask James these questions. Only he would know. It *looks* like the non-planar quads could be a rounding error, or rounding limitation, since he used just 2 decimal places. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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