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6 Sep 2024 14:15:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: What does CSG mean?  
From: Johannes Hubert
Date: 27 Mar 1998 12:03:07
Message: <351BDBCB.4D12670B@penttech.com>
Nieminen Mika wrote:

> Constructive Solid Geometry is a technique for combining two or more objects
> to create a new object using the three boolean set operators union,
> intersection, and negation.

To illustrate it even more graphically:
You can use a thin cylinder to "punch" a hole through a sphere (like it was hit
by a bullet). This would be an intersection of a sphere and a cylinder - both are
solids.

Johannes.


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