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  Re: And now for something completely different (my IRTC, take 7)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 19 Apr 2001 11:12:47
Message: <3ADF0073.3A0986B2@gmx.de>
Geoff Wedig wrote:
> 
> Well, sections are unioned together, so that should bound them somewhat.
> So, for example, the front tower is made up of the base unit, the upper
> unit, the outward sloping part of the crennelations and the wall part of the
> crennelations.  That what you're talking about, or are you thinking of
> bounding it at smaller segments than that?
> 

That surely already helps, but the more 'bounding levels' you have the
faster it gets.  I'm not sure how you build up the walls, but for example
horizontal slicing could work.  Then bound together two neighbored slices
and then put two of these blocks together and so on.  

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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