Re: [Update REQ 5301]: Geomview using triangular meshes

[browne at asterix.aracor.com]

Thank you for the prompt reply. I have been successful in getting
the software to display triangular meshes. THanks.


Jolyon Browne


> From daeron at geom.umn.edu Tue Mar 14 19:57 PST 1995
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 22:06:44 -0600
> From: "Daeron Meyer" <daeron at geom.umn.edu>
> To: software@geom.umn.edu
> Cc: (browne at asterix.aracor.com) (daeron at geom.umn.edu)
> Cc: (software-admin at geom.umn.edu)
> Subject: Re: [Closed REQ 5301]: Geomview using triangular meshes
> 
> From: daeron
> Message-Id: <199503150406.AA28836 at bers.geom.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ REQ 5301]: Geomview using triangular meshes
> To: software@geom
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 22:06:36 CST
> 
> > 
> > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 13:44:15 -0800
> > From: browne at asterix.aracor.com (Dr. Jolyon Browne)
> > Message-Id: <9503142144.AA05234 at asterix.>
> > To: software@geom
> > Subject: Geomview using triangular meshes
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I recently downloaded the Geomview manual to look at the capabilities
> > of the software. It appears that Geomview supports rectangular meshes,
> > but there is no mention of triangular meshes. Could you clarify if
> > Geomview supports triangular meshes? Thanks.
> > 
> > Jolyon Browne
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hello Dr. Browne,
> 
>   Geomview does not support a triangular mesh file format. However, it is
> still quite possible and not even that difficult to do triangular meshes.
> Here is an example of a triangular mesh implemented with the OFF file format:
> 
> OFF
> 10 10 0		#number of verts, faces, (edges ignored by geomview, set = 0)
> 
> -1 1 0		# The vertices
> 0 1 -.5
> 1 1 0
> -1.5 0 0
> -.5 0 -.3
> .5 0 .5
> 1.5 0 0
> -1 -1 0
> 0 -.8 -.5
> 1 -1 0
> 
> 3	0 3 4	# The triangular faces
> 3	0 4 1
> 3	1 4 5
> 3	1 5 2
> 3	2 5 6
> 3	3 7 4
> 3	4 7 8
> 3	4 8 5
> 3	5 8 9
> 3	5 9 6
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Daeron Meyer
> daeron at geom.umn.edu
> 
> assign: daeron
> state: closed
> 
> 
> 
>