"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
> 
> I think a sphere was provided as an example, replace sphere above with 20mb
> mesh and it suddenly doesn't sound such a bad idea, however impractical it
> may be
> 

A mesh can already be 'referenced', the real use of such a possibility
would be complex CSG, but it would depend on the situation whether the
advantage in memory requirements would balance the additional calculations
required.

BTW, this would be a good starting point for Eugene: program an
instancing/reference patch, do it nicely (i.e. well documented and well
tested) and i'm sure it will become part of the next megapov release.

Christoph

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IsoWood include, radiosity tutorial, TransSkin and other 
things on: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/

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