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31 Jul 2024 00:27:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: fast rounded box  
From: Wolfgang Landauer
Date: 18 May 2003 12:17:12
Message: <20030518161945.1CA.0.NOFFLE@ID-35955.news.dfncis.de>
"JWV" <jwv|at|planet.nl> killed the keyboard with:

> I made a simple macro to create rounded boxes, so you dont't have to
> fool around with slow superellipsoids. My RoundedBox renders in 1/3 (!)
> of the time of a superellipsoid. There are some drawbacks, but it might
> be usefull.

have a look at "shapes.inc"

especially
Round_Box_Union(PtA, PtB, EdgeRadius),
Round_Box_Merge(PtA, PtB, EdgeRadius) and
Round_Box(PtA, PtB, EdgeRadius, UseMerge)

HTH

Wolfgang
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