Re: [Visualpython-users] VPython render efficiency

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

As Arthur says, he has been working on this, and will probably check it 
in to CVS himself (I've been buried under course startup issues). 
However, he's doing this work in the beta version, and it continues to 
look like a long process to get the beta version up to the point where 
it can be the standard version.

Bruce Sherwood

Arthur wrote:
> Ting Li wrote:
>   
>> Hi, fans,
>>
>> I'm a newbie.
>>
>> VPython is really easy to use. But it looks too simple.
>> I wonder if there is a parameter to customize the number of faces used
>> to draw a sphere (or cylinder ...)? I cannot find it. By default,
>> VPython draws a pretty smooth sphere, I guess the number of slice
>> should be larger than 50.
>>     
>
> VPython adjusts level of detail for primitives like spheres and 
> cylinders on the fly based on distance from the camera.
>
> But I agree that the general level of detail should be under user control.
>
> I had pointed out to Bruce that the infrastructure to allow adjustment 
> of level of detail from the default (it would be on a scene by scene 
> basis,not a primitive by primitive bases) is already in the code, and 
> that exposing it to Python was trivial, and provided the code.
>
> I've lost track of whether it was checked into CVS.
>
> Bruce?
>
> Art
>
>
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