Re: [gts-general] triangle strips

[Volodymyr B. <vb...@kr...>]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Stephane Popinet wrote:

> Paul writes:
>
>  > > The strips gnerated by GTS are not sutable for GL, take a look
>  > > at http://www.plunk.org/~grantham/public/actc/ instead
>  > >
>  >
>  > I'm confused... So what sort of strips does the GTS Library create then?
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> It is not actually true that the strip generated by GTS are not
> suitable for GL. It would be more accurate to say that they are not
> directly usable (i.e. they are not list of ordered vertices but lists
> of adjacent triangles). There is also the issue of vertex ordering
> which requires the use of "vertex swaps" in GL lists.

Agreed, it's probably due to my english.

>
> You should consult the following paper for a clear overview of the
> various operating mode of the GL engine for triangle strips
>
> http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~stripe/papers.html
>
> Stephane
>

Thanks for interesting URL.