Re: [Closed REQ 5362]: Information on Applicability to My Research

["Tamara Munzner" <munzner>]

>(1). Is it possible to combine nearly 1000 spheres which are bounded
>in box or funnel shape in one OOPL file?

Yes. You can have 1000 instances of the "SPHERE" OOGL data type as
subparts of the "LIST" OOGL data type. It would look something like
this:

{LIST
 SPHERE .2 0 0 0
 SPHERE .3 1 0 0
 SPHERE .25 1 1 .5

(etc...)
}

The LIST data type is just a collection of other OOGL objects, and the
SPHERE data type takes a radius and (x,y,z) coordinates of its center.


>(2). Is it possible to convert screen-displayed graphics into Graphics Metal
>file, DXF file or other kind of graphical formats which can be imported in
>Windows based word processor on PC?

There is not currently any such conversion program that I know of, but
if you're a programmer you could write one without too much work.

Hope this helps,

Tamara Munzner		The Geometry Center	     ((555) 555-5555
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