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Re: 3D Objects [message #65963 is a reply to message #65249]

Mon, 30 March 2009 08:10

David Fanning
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JayDog writes:

> What I actually have is a set of 2D points (x,y) which define an
> ellipse, then stacking many ellipses of varying size in the z-
> direction gives me what appears to be a 3D structure outlining a type
> of ellipsoid. What I would like to do is fill-in the structure so that
> I can make it a surface which I can then perform different operations
> on, such as taking measurements of widths etc. or doing some form of
> illumination with objects light source or other.

This article discusses a possible approach to this problem:

http://www.dfanning.com/graphics_tips/mesh.html

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
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