Re: [Update REQ 5285]: geomview question.

[gauravsu at cs.usc.edu]

> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:22:09 -0600
> From: slevy
> Message-Id: <199503072022.OAA15493 at euclid.geom.umn.edu>
> To: software@geom, software@geom
> Subject: Re:  [ REQ 5285]: geomview question.
> Cc: (software-admin at geom.umn.edu) (software-news at geom.umn.edu)
> 
> > I have a scene with about 300 spheres (to model rocks) in it ...
> 
> Are the spheres using the "SPHERE" object format?
> If so, they're rendered by default as rather finely-divided meshes,
> to ensure they look smooth.  You could improve speed quite a bit by
> adjusting the "patch dicing" number down from 10, to say 2 or 3.
> It's on the Appearance panel, or alternatively type "2ad" or "3ad" with
> the cursor in a graphics window.
> 
> 
> 

Thanks a lot. I'll try that. Thanks for adding me to the mail list also.
-Gaurav