lee@tty3b.UUCP (1-26-84"Lee Merr 97750) (01/19/85)
<Continental Life... Why do you ask?> In the Jan. 7 issue of then EE times, there is a mention of the hidden line problem: "The Evolution Of Software Technology Into A Scientific Discipline" "Brian Hanratty's solution to the hidden-line problem makes MCS's Anvil 3000 program appear conventionally three-dimensional by removing hidden lines in 2 seconds on a two-dimensional drawing that would otherwise take 4 minutes using traditional brute-force methods." The article mentioned that this algorithm appeared about a year ago. Can anyone dig up a reference to it, or at least give an outline of the algorithm? Thanks... Lee Merrill @ ihnp4!tty3b!lee