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Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer [message #51955 is a reply to message #51954]

Tue, 19 December 2006 11:41

rchughes
Messages: 26
Registered: April 2006

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> For starters, why are you fooling around with the Z-buffer
> at all? Just write the darn thing into a PostScript file
> to begin with.

The reason I am using the Z buffer is because the routine that I took
it from either displays the plots in an X window on the screen or
creates a postscript file. Creating the postscript file is just an
option that I have included in the routine.

Before I started to incorporate the Z buffer I was writing it straight
to the postscript device like you suggested (it is much easier I must
say) but for some reason I can't run it in the cron because IDL needs
access to X Windows. I don't know why. I thought IDL might need Xwin
to plot so after reading several posts on this newsgroup it pointed me
towards using the Z buffer. So I've tried to have all the plots write
to the Z buffer before sending it to either Xwin or Postscript but
current attempts have been unsuccessful.

Would you stll suggest to send it straight to postscript?

Thanks,
Ryan.

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		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: David Fanning on Wed, 20 December 2006 07:01
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: Ryan. on Wed, 20 December 2006 06:55
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: peter.albert@gmx.de on Wed, 20 December 2006 00:41
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: Kenneth Bowman on Tue, 19 December 2006 13:18
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 December 2006 11:55
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: rchughes on Tue, 19 December 2006 11:41
		Re: How to Get Started with the Z-Buffer By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 December 2006 10:31

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