ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (07/13/90)
Greetings, I have a question concerning the shading of a wire frame model. I am working on a Personal IRIS 4D/25 and using the graphics program FIGARO+ (this is Template Graphics Software's implementation of PHIGS). Objects in qusetion are three dimensional shells (actually mandrels for the simulation of filament winding, a manufacturing process for certain composite materials.) To create a mesh, a user inputs a set of points at a specified angle and a cubic spline is calculated based on the coordinates. One spline is created every 30 degrees. The splines are then joined at the endpoints and circular rings are drawn at intervals along the longitudinal axis to create a mesh effect. The mesh looks nice, but it would be great if we could find a rather quick and easy way to shade the surface. Would a Fill Area Set 3 with Data be the right way to go?? Anyone out there have any experience with this sort of procedure?? Thanks in anticipation, Lee Ahlstrom Center for Composite Materials ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu