Re: [Jmol-developers] whew!

[Bob H. <ha...@st...>]

Egon Willighagen wrote:

>On 10/9/07, Bob Hanson <ha...@st...> wrote:
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>>>This also makes it possible to build and accelerated (JOGL) backend.
>>>Depending on the granularity of the API, it might be more or less
>>>suited... as one would possible not send individual triangles of a
>>>surface to JOGL, but let JOGL itself figure out how to draw a (curved)
>>>surface... But I guess the same might hold for PovRay...
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>>I don't know what JOGL is,
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>The Java3D incarnation: https://jogl.dev.java.net/
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>>but for isosurfaces the API delivers the
>>vertex list and face list, so the exporter can do with that what it
>>wants. But that is the "triangles". How else would you deliver "the
>>curved surface"?
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>Let's say, by passing it the 3D spline curve details?
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Oh, yes, that would be a good idea. I didn't code it that way -- it 
sends sequential segments -- but I suspect we will have to do that at 
some point to get Povray working right. Sure. Good idea.

Bob

>Egon
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