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Re: IDLgrVolume [message #33748 is a reply to message #33679]

Tue, 21 January 2003 23:16

Karl Schultz
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Registered: October 1999

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"Paul Woodford" <cpwoodford@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:cpwoodford-6E78D1.23545921012003@corp.supernews.com...
> In article <b0kjj9$l5a$1@news.rsinc.com>,
> "Karl Schultz" <kNOSPAMschultz@rsinc.com> wrote:
>
>> There's another way to display a volume by building a series of
>> slices with polygons, texture mapped with the appropriate data and
>> alpha information. [...] I'm pretty sure I've posted about this
>> before, but we can revisit if there is interest.
>
> I am interested. I had just started playing around with this idea. A
> recap, or even just some keywords to use on Google, would be great.

Here's the URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=texture+group:comp.lang.id l-pvwave&hl=en&l
r=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&am p;as_minm=5&as_miny=1999&as_maxd=21&
as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2003&selm=ap3ual%24a0i%241%40news. rsinc.com&rnum=5

It sort of looks like all I did here was a recap, but I hope it helps a bit.

>> Some companies make plug-in volume rendering accelerator cards and the
>> software that goes with them. I think Mitsubishi is one of them.
>
> The Mitsubishi device is now sold by TeraRecon as VolumePro. Very
> zippy.
>
> <http://www.terarecon.com/>
>
>> But cards like these are expensive
>
> Yes, but not as expensive as a doctor's time.
>
>> and often have upper limits on volume size that are not large enough
>> for some people.
>
> I saw a VolumePro 1000 whipping around a big (400x400x400?) volume in
> real time, and they say it can do that up to 512x512x512.

Thanks for the updates. It has been awhile since I looked at this stuff.
The OP's volume is well within these limits.

Karl

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[Message index]

		IDLgrVolume By: lyubo on Sat, 18 January 2003 18:56
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Karl Schultz on Tue, 21 January 2003 23:16
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Paul Woodford on Tue, 21 January 2003 20:54
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Paul Woodford on Tue, 21 January 2003 20:54
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Karl Schultz on Tue, 21 January 2003 15:07
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Rick Towler on Tue, 21 January 2003 13:11
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: David Fanning on Tue, 21 January 2003 12:32
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: Rick Towler on Tue, 21 January 2003 09:57
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: lyubo on Tue, 21 January 2003 10:44
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: David Fanning on Tue, 21 January 2003 06:47
		Re: IDLgrVolume By: s[1] on Tue, 21 January 2003 02:28

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