Removing hidden polygons in 3D graphics
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg18721] Removing hidden polygons in 3D graphics
- From: Dan Truong <dtruong at irisa.fr>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:36:41 -0400
- Organization: IRISA, FRANCE
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Is there a routine to remove the polygons of a 3D graphics which are fully hidden, to reduce postscript file sizes and speed up their rendering (EPS in my casE) ? When I compile & view Latex files, I see all the layers which are drawn from bottom to top... it's not very fast, and a lot of data is just wasted. I know little of 3D rendering, but it might be even be easy to implement at some point on Graphics3D once the view angle is chosen , either during EPS generation in Display[] or in Show[]? Thanks, Dan-