| Re: 3D Graphics Question [message #16258] |
Mon, 12 July 1999 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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H T Onishi (htonishi@home.com) writes:
> I am interested in creating a 3D display that contains a bitmapped earth,
> orbiting satellites, and a few other types of objects. I would like to
> animate the display, including a rotating earth, and I would like to select
> different points of view, including one from onboard a satellite. Is this
> reasonable in IDL?
What kind of IDL programmer are you? :-)
It is "reasonable", but its not the sort of thing you are
likely to bang out in a half hour when you are just getting
started with IDL. It sounds an awful lot like the kind of
assignment brand new IDL programmers want to tackle as their
first project. It would be sort of like taking on a roll-top
desk as your first woodworking project. It can be done, but...
This is certainly not *that* hard. But not a novice project
either. Good luck with it.
Cheers,
David
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