Because triangles are convex they are guaranteed to be rendered correctly. Every modern graphics system whether hardware or software is based on using triangles as the basic element. __________
Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > On May 13, 2020, at 7:28 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not Marcus but in finite element analysis the discretization of a 2 > dimensional region is always done with triangles. It's much more flexible > than rectangular grids, to oversimplify. > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com > <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Marcus, > > > > Can you explain why the basic unit is a triangle? > > > > Any Peircean would LOVE it. > > > > n > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On > Behalf Of Marcus Daniels > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:00 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com > <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > Check out that WaPost article for the state-of-the-art. (The new Unreal > Engine.) > > > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> on > behalf of Angel Edward <edward.an...@gmail.com > <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <friam@redfish.com <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4:58 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com > <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was > less than a PC with a decent graphics card. > > > > Ed > > __________ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com> > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel> > > > On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com > <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Let me revise that a little bit. There was a visualization of the rider's > view of a roller coaster ride that ran on a Cray supercomputer. The purpose > was to demonstrate the capability and speed of a Lisp-based 3D renderer > called Plot-3D or P3D or something similar. Do you know what I'm talking > about, Ed? > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com > <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Thanks, Frank. > > > > NIck > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On > Behalf Of Frank Wimberly > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com > <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > You should take it seriously but I'm biased. I don't think PSC let's its > supercomputers be used for eye candy. They didn't when I worked there and > they were accountable to NSF. > > --- > Frank C. 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