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Re: Polygon with holes

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• Subject: [mg97326] Re: [mg97290] Polygon with holes
• From: Frank Scherbaum <fscherbaum at mac.com>
• Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:21:43 -0500 (EST)
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HK
Am 10.03.2009 um 11:34 schrieb Harrie Kraai:

> Hi group,
>
> Does anyone know of a facility for Polygons (graphics) with holes  
> inside?
> I guess there is no such thing as an oriented polygon in Mathematica?
> Or a polygon consisting of disjoint lines (inner and outer contours,
> clockwise and counterclockwise)?
>
> I can see that it is possible to connect outer and inner contours  
> using
> a dummy line, but that is not so easy to program in a generic way.
>
> Solutions such as creating an artificial hole by another Polygon in  
> the
> background colour are not really acceptable.
>
> Polygon's with holes would be very useful for maps etc.
>
> Sincerely
>
> HK
> general
you may find the general polygon clipping library of interest for your  
purpose. It can deal with polygons with holes.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/alan/software/
Cheers,
Frank

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  • Polygon with holes
    • From: Harrie Kraai <hakraai@xs4all.nl>