>
>  I followed your advice and tried the Dome generater program. After about
>15 different tests/renders/rejections I have yet to find a shape that comes
>close to what I am hoping for. Perhaps the master could supply me with a
>couple of examples of what to enter in the different fields so that I may
>learn from his wisdome ?


I will as soon as tomorrow
>
>  On a side note:
>  One undesirable characteristic of the Dome program is that it is
producing
>a lot of degenerate triangles. You might think about adding a degenerate
>triangle testing/removal feature in the program to eliminate these. I had
>one file with over 350 degenerate triangles and that is a lot to have to
edit
>out of the file by hand. Especialy in files that are over 1+ megs in size.
>I am not sure how to implement such a routine but there are many here
>that I am sure could help you with that. It is a common problem for
triangle
>generating utilities and the fix I believe is an easy one to add.
>

I'm currently working on a few "inside features" degenerated traiangles
removal is one of them. BTW you get a warning and don't have to remove them
by hand (I never did).

>
> On a side-side note:
> For some reason I am now mentally calling the Dome program the Domenator.
>Resistance is futile. You will be Domenated !
>

I like it, even if I can feel your irony :-)))

Philippe

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