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Re: 3d sphere revisited [message #33462 is a reply to message #33461]

Mon, 30 December 2002 09:32

David Fanning
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paul wisehart (paul_wisehart@ssaihq.com) writes:

> Now, I CAN plot a sphere, as an object. And, I CAN, put
> a texture map on the sphere.
>
> I CANNOT plot any data to the sphere.
> My question:
>
> Should/Can I be plot data to the sphere directly?
>
> OR, should i just plot the data to the texture image
> and then re-apply the texture?

I should think the texture map *is* the data! And since
it is an image, you can be as elaborate as you like
when setting it up (e.g., you can use alpha channel
blending, etc., etc.).

Cheers,

David

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